AMARYLLIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AMARYLLIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMARYLLIS?
| 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 AMARYLLIS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMARYLLIS
No single letter turns AMARYLLIS into another word.
How AMARYLLIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AMARYLLIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMARYLLIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMARYLLIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A bulb plant with large, showy, trumpet-shaped red, pink or white flowers on a tall stem, often grown indoors in winter.
An amaryllis bulb is a popular winter gift because it flowers within weeks of planting. The name also belongs to a shepherdess in classical pastoral poetry.
How AMARYLLIS is used
Used in gardening for the potted bulb, and in literature as a pastoral girl's name.
- The amaryllis on the windowsill opened its first red flower in December.
- She gave her aunt an amaryllis bulb in a decorated pot.
- A tall amaryllis stem leaned toward the light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMARYLLIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMARYLLIS
1 longer words begin with AMARYLLIS.
Shorter words from the letters in AMARYLLIS
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Common questions about AMARYLLIS
- Is AMARYLLIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMARYLLIS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMARYLLIS worth?
- AMARYLLIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMARYLLIS mean?
- A bulb plant with large, showy, trumpet-shaped red, pink or white flowers on a tall stem, often grown indoors in winter.
- What letters can be added to AMARYLLIS?
- No single letter can be added to AMARYLLIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AMARYLLIS:
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