mess of pottage

NOUN
15 LETTERS · STARTS WITH M

mess of pottage is a valid 15-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3E1S1S1O1F4P3O1T1T1A1G2E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING

What does mess of pottage mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Anything of trivial value.

“Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage”