AMAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AMAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMAIN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMAIN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMAIN
No single letter turns AMAIN into another word.
How AMAIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about AMAIN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMAIN mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
With full force or at great speed; violently or suddenly.
Older English writers used amain to describe something happening with sudden, overwhelming force, such as rain falling amain or an army charging amain into battle. The word combines the prefix a- with main in the old sense of strength or power, so acting amain literally meant acting with one's full might. It survives today mainly in poetry and older novels rather than in ordinary conversation.
How AMAIN is used
Archaic; found in older literature and poetry rather than in modern speech.
- The rain fell amain throughout the stormy night.
- Soldiers charged amain toward the enemy line.
- The river rushed amain after the sudden thaw.
- He rode amain to reach the town before nightfall.
- The old ballad describes the wind blowing amain across the moor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMAIN
The 5 tiles of AMAIN in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in AMAIN
Common questions about AMAIN
- Is AMAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMAIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMAIN worth?
- AMAIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMAIN mean?
- With full force or at great speed; violently or suddenly.
- What letters can be added to AMAIN?
- No single letter can be added to AMAIN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMAIN:
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