AGAMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AGAMOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGAMOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGAMOUS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGAMOUS
No single letter turns AGAMOUS into another word.
How AGAMOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AGAMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does AGAMOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Without sexual organs, or reproducing without sexual union.
Botanists once labelled ferns and mosses agamous because they showed no visible flowers or sex organs. Today the word more often refers to reproduction that happens without gametes fusing.
How AGAMOUS is used
It is a technical biological term and is uncommon outside science.
- The fern was classed as an agamous plant.
- Some fungi spread by agamous reproduction.
- Old textbooks call mosses agamous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGAMOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AGAMOUS
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Common questions about AGAMOUS
- Is AGAMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGAMOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGAMOUS worth?
- AGAMOUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGAMOUS mean?
- Without sexual organs, or reproducing without sexual union.
- What letters can be added to AGAMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to AGAMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AGAMOUS:
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