AMBO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AMBO 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 AMBO?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMBO is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMBO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMBO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AMBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does AMBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A raised desk for reading in a church.
An ambo stood in the nave of an early church and served for readings rather than for preaching, which is what separates it from a pulpit. Eastern churches kept the arrangement.
How AMBO is used
Countable: an ambo, two ambos.
- The ambo stood in the nave and not at the front.
- The word ambo names a reading desk.
- An ambo served readings and a pulpit served sermons.
- Two ambos faced each other in the older basilicas.
- Eastern churches kept the ambo where the west dropped it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMBO
The 4 tiles of AMBO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMBO
9 longer words begin with AMBO.
Words ending in AMBO
6 words end in AMBO. Useful as a back hook: play AMBO onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMBO inside
Showing 24 of 119 words that contain AMBO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AMBO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMBO
Common questions about AMBO
- Is AMBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMBO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMBO worth?
- AMBO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMBO mean?
- A raised desk for reading in a church.
- What letters can be added to AMBO?
- AMBO takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AMBO:
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