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Is mulligan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mulligan is a Scrabble US word. The word mulligan is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

M3U1L1L1I1G2A1N1

Is mulligan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mulligan is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

M3U1L1L1I1G2A1N1

Is mulligan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word mulligan is a Words With Friends word. The word mulligan is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4U2L2L2I1G3A1N2

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8-letter words (1 found)

MULLIGAN,

7-letter words (7 found)

GALLIUM,LINGUAL,LINGULA,LUMINAL,MALLING,MAULING,MULLING,

6-letter words (13 found)

ALLIUM,ALUMIN,ALUMNI,LAMING,LIGNUM,LIGULA,LINGAM,LINGUA,LUMINA,MALIGN,MULING,NILGAU,ULLING,

5-letter words (24 found)

ALGIN,ALGUM,ALIGN,ALMUG,AUMIL,GAMIN,GLAUM,GLIAL,INULA,LIANG,LIGAN,LIMAN,LINGA,LINUM,LUNGI,MAILL,MANUL,MIAUL,MULGA,MULLA,MUNGA,NULLA,UGALI,ULMIN,

4-letter words (51 found)

AGIN,AGLU,ALUM,AMIN,ANIL,GAIN,GALL,GAUM,GAUN,GILA,GILL,GLAM,GLIA,GLIM,GLUM,GUAN,GULA,GULL,IGLU,LAIN,LANG,LIMA,LIMN,LING,LUMA,LUNA,LUNG,MAGI,MAIL,MAIN,MALI,MALL,MANG,MANI,MAUL,MAUN,MILL,MINA,MING,MUIL,MULL,MUNG,MUNI,NAIL,NAMU,NGAI,NILL,NULL,ULAN,ULNA,UNAI,

3-letter words (40 found)

AIL,AIM,AIN,ALL,ALU,AMI,AMU,ANI,GAL,GAM,GAN,GAU,GIN,GNU,GUL,GUM,GUN,ILL,ING,LAG,LAM,LIG,LIN,LUG,LUM,LUN,MAG,MAL,MAN,MIG,MIL,MNA,MUG,MUN,NAG,NAM,NIL,NIM,NUG,UNI,

2-letter words (18 found)

AG,AI,AL,AM,AN,GI,GU,IN,LA,LI,MA,MI,MU,NA,NU,UG,UM,UN,

You can make 154 words from mulligan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mulligan

mulligan

Etymology

Attested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who replayed a stroke. See Wikipedia for more information.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌlɪɡən/
  • Homophone: Mulligan

Noun

mulligan (countable and uncountable, plural mulligans)

  1. Ellipsis of mulligan stew.
    • p. 1932, a. 1998, Erling Strom, as quoted in, 1998, Louis W. Dawson, Wild Snow, →ISBN, page 105 [3]:
      When we did, nobody was there, but we found two empty sleeping bags and some mulligan in a pot on a stove.
  2. (golf) An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry.
  3. (collectible card games) An opportunity (sometimes penalized) for a player to reshuffle their cards and draw a new initial hand at the beginning of a game.
  4. (by extension) A second chance.

Translations

See also

  • mulligan car

References

  • “mulligan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “mulligan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Source: wiktionary.org