AMBAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AMBAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMBAGE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMBAGE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMBAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ambagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMBAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMBAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does AMBAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Roundabout or evasive speech; also a winding course, usually used in the plural.
Ambage is an old word for talking around a point instead of coming to it, as in a speech full of hedges and detours. It was once also used for a twisting path, and for a puzzling or secret matter. The word came from a Latin phrase meaning "going around", and it was most often seen in the plural form ambages. Today it turns up mainly in older books, or when a writer wants an antique flavour.
How AMBAGE is used
Archaic; found in older literature, usually in the plural, as in "without ambages".
- He answered plainly and without ambage.
- The lawyer's letter was a tangle of ambage and delay.
- The old poem follows the ambage of a river through the hills.
- She disliked the ambage of political talk.
- The riddle was wrapped in ambage that no one could unpick.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMBAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMBAGE
1 longer words begin with AMBAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMBAGE
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Common questions about AMBAGE
- Is AMBAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMBAGE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMBAGE worth?
- AMBAGE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMBAGE mean?
- Roundabout or evasive speech; also a winding course, usually used in the plural.
- What letters can be added to AMBAGE?
- AMBAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMBAGE:
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