AMATOL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AMATOL 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 AMATOL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMATOL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMATOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amatolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMATOL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMATOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does AMATOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A powerful explosive mixture combining TNT with ammonium nitrate.
Amatol takes its name from a blend of ammonium nitrate and TNT, the two ingredients combined to stretch scarce supplies of TNT during large-scale munitions production. Armies used amatol widely in artillery shells, bombs and mines through the two world wars because it was cheaper and easier to produce in bulk than pure TNT. The exact ratio of the two ingredients could be adjusted to change the explosive power and cost of the mixture.
How AMATOL is used
A technical term from chemistry and military history, rarely used outside descriptions of explosives manufacturing.
- The shell was packed with amatol rather than pure TNT.
- Factories mixed amatol in large batches during the war.
- Amatol proved cheaper than TNT alone to manufacture.
- Old mines recovered from the seabed sometimes still contain amatol.
- The report compared the blast strength of amatol with other explosives.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMATOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMATOL
The 6 tiles of AMATOL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMATOL
1 longer words begin with AMATOL.
Shorter words from the letters in AMATOL
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Common questions about AMATOL
- Is AMATOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMATOL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMATOL worth?
- AMATOL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMATOL mean?
- A powerful explosive mixture combining TNT with ammonium nitrate.
- What letters can be added to AMATOL?
- AMATOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMATOL:
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