AMAH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AMAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMAH?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMAH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMAH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AMAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does AMAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A nurse or maid in East and South Asia.
Amah came into English through Portuguese in the ports of India and China, and it was used across a far wider area than the Indian equivalent. The word is dated everywhere now.
How AMAH is used
Countable: an amah, two amahs. Dated.
- An amah worked in households from India to China.
- The word amah came into English through Portuguese.
- A wider area used amah than used the Indian term.
- Two amahs in the same household was normal.
- The word amah is dated in every country that used it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMAH
The 4 tiles of AMAH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMAH
1 longer words begin with AMAH.
Words ending in AMAH
1 words end in AMAH. Useful as a back hook: play AMAH onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMAH inside
11 words contain AMAH in the middle. Words that start with AMAH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMAH
Common questions about AMAH
- Is AMAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMAH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMAH worth?
- AMAH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMAH mean?
- A nurse or maid in East and South Asia.
- What letters can be added to AMAH?
- AMAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AMAH:
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