AMATEURISH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. AMATEURISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMATEURISH?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMATEURISH is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMATEURISH
No single letter turns AMATEURISH into another word.
How AMATEURISH scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AMATEURISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMATEURISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMATEURISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Done without the skill or polish of a professional.
An amateurish performance shows mistakes that a trained person would avoid. The word is normally critical and implies a lack of care as well as lack of training. A hobbyist can be very good and still produce a result that looks amateurish.
How AMATEURISH is used
A critical word for clumsy or unpolished work.
- The film suffered from amateurish editing.
- His amateurish repairs made the leak worse.
- The website looked amateurish with its clashing colours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMATEURISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMATEURISH
The 10 tiles of AMATEURISH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMATEURISH
3 longer words begin with AMATEURISH.
Shorter words from the letters in AMATEURISH
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Common questions about AMATEURISH
- Is AMATEURISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMATEURISH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMATEURISH worth?
- AMATEURISH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMATEURISH mean?
- Done without the skill or polish of a professional.
- What letters can be added to AMATEURISH?
- No single letter can be added to AMATEURISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AMATEURISH:
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