AMA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. AMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMA?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMA is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about AMA
- AMA is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A traditional Japanese diver, usually a woman, who gathers pearls, shellfish, or seaweed from the seabed without scuba equipment.
For centuries ama have dived along the coast of Japan holding their breath, a skill passed down through generations of women in fishing villages. The tradition still survives in a few coastal towns today.
How AMA is used
Used mainly in descriptions of traditional Japanese coastal diving.
- The ama surfaced with a basket full of abalone.
- Tourists watched the ama dive without any breathing gear.
- Her grandmother had been an ama on the same coast.
- The village museum tells the history of the local ama.
- Few young women now choose to train as ama.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMA
The 3 tiles of AMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMA
Showing 24 of 124 words that begin with AMA.
Words ending in AMA
Showing 24 of 42 words that end in AMA. Useful as a back hook: play AMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMA inside
Showing 24 of 650 words that contain AMA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMA
Common questions about AMA
- Is AMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMA worth?
- AMA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMA mean?
- A traditional Japanese diver, usually a woman, who gathers pearls, shellfish, or seaweed from the seabed without scuba equipment.
- What letters can be added to AMA?
- AMA takes 10 hooks: 8 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AMA:
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