AMADOU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AMADOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMADOU?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMADOU is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMADOU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amadousChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMADOU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMADOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does AMADOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soft, spongy material made from a dried bracket fungus, used to catch a spark.
Amadou is prepared by slicing the inner flesh of the tinder fungus, beating it flat and drying it until it is light and felty. Fire-makers valued it because a single spark from flint and steel will make it glow, and it was also pressed on small wounds to stop bleeding. The word came into English from French, and the fungus was found on old beech and birch trunks. Fly fishers still use it to dry a wet artificial fly.
How AMADOU is used
Historical and craft vocabulary; today met in bushcraft and fly fishing.
- He caught the spark on a pinch of amadou.
- The museum showed a pouch of amadou beside a steel striker.
- Fishermen dab a soaked fly with amadou to dry it.
- Amadou smoulders slowly once it is lit.
- She learned to prepare amadou from a bracket fungus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMADOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMADOU
1 longer words begin with AMADOU.
Shorter words from the letters in AMADOU
Common questions about AMADOU
- Is AMADOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMADOU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMADOU worth?
- AMADOU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMADOU mean?
- A soft, spongy material made from a dried bracket fungus, used to catch a spark.
- What letters can be added to AMADOU?
- AMADOU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMADOU:
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