AMARNA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AMARNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMARNA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMARNA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMARNA
No single letter turns AMARNA into another word.
How AMARNA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMARNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 197,099.
What stands out about AMARNA
- AMARNA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMARNA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Of or relating to the artistic and religious style associated with the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
Amarna describes the distinctive art, writing and religious reforms linked to a short but striking period of ancient Egyptian history, marked by more naturalistic figures and a shift toward worship of a single sun disk. Historians and art scholars use the term when discussing sculpture, relief carving or letters that show this period's unusual style compared with earlier and later Egyptian art. The word is used almost exclusively in historical and archaeological writing rather than in everyday speech.
How AMARNA is used
A specialist historical term used mainly by Egyptologists and art historians.
- The museum displays amarna sculptures with soft, flowing lines.
- Scholars debate why amarna art abandoned older, stiffer conventions.
- The tablets are written in the amarna diplomatic style.
- An amarna relief shows the royal family in an informal scene.
- The exhibition traces how the amarna style faded after the reign ended.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMARNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMARNA
Common questions about AMARNA
- Is AMARNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMARNA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMARNA worth?
- AMARNA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMARNA mean?
- Of or relating to the artistic and religious style associated with the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
- What letters can be added to AMARNA?
- No single letter can be added to AMARNA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMARNA:
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