AMBIT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AMBIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMBIT?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMBIT is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMBIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMBIT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMBIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does AMBIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The scope, extent, or range of something, especially of authority, influence, or a subject.
Ambit describes the outer boundary of what something covers, whether that is a law, a job description, or an area of study. A dispute that falls within the ambit of a court has to be one the court is legally allowed to hear, while a topic outside the ambit of a report simply was not meant to be addressed there. The word carries a slightly formal, almost legal flavor even outside courtroom writing.
How AMBIT is used
Formal, often used in legal, academic, or administrative writing to describe scope or jurisdiction.
- The complaint fell outside the ambit of the tribunal.
- Environmental policy now sits within the ambit of that ministry.
- The professor kept the discussion within the ambit of the assignment.
- Such disputes exceed the ambit of local courts.
- The new law widened the ambit of consumer protection.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMBIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMBIT
11 longer words begin with AMBIT.
Words ending in AMBIT
1 words end in AMBIT. Useful as a back hook: play AMBIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMBIT inside
11 words contain AMBIT in the middle. Words that start with AMBIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMBIT
Common questions about AMBIT
- Is AMBIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMBIT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMBIT worth?
- AMBIT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMBIT mean?
- The scope, extent, or range of something, especially of authority, influence, or a subject.
- What letters can be added to AMBIT?
- AMBIT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMBIT:
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