maktab al-khidmat
NOUN
17 LETTERS · STARTS WITH M
maktab al-khidmat is a valid 17-letter word worth 33 points in Scrabble and 36 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3A1K5T1A1B3A1L1-0K5H4I1D2M3A1T1
3 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 =33 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 66TRIPLE WORD → 99
MEANING
What does maktab al-khidmat mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda.
SYNONYMS