AMANUENSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMANUENSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMANUENSIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMANUENSIS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMANUENSIS
No single letter turns AMANUENSIS into another word.
How AMANUENSIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AMANUENSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMANUENSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMANUENSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A person employed to write down another's dictation or to copy manuscripts.
Before dictation machines, an amanuensis served blind or busy authors by taking down their words. The term is now a rather grand label for any literary assistant or secretary of that kind.
How AMANUENSIS is used
Formal and literary; used in biographies and writing about authors.
- The poet dictated his verses to an amanuensis.
- She worked as amanuensis to the aging historian.
- An amanuensis copied the letters in a neat hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMANUENSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMANUENSIS
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Common questions about AMANUENSIS
- Is AMANUENSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMANUENSIS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMANUENSIS worth?
- AMANUENSIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMANUENSIS mean?
- A person employed to write down another's dictation or to copy manuscripts.
- What letters can be added to AMANUENSIS?
- No single letter can be added to AMANUENSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AMANUENSIS:
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