AMBOS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AMBOS 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 AMBOS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMBOS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMBOS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AMBOS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMBOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about AMBOS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMBOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralianNew Zealand
Paramedics or ambulance officers, in Australian and New Zealand slang.
Ambos is the clipped, informal plural used for the crews who staff ambulances, built the same way as journos for journalists or garbos for garbage collectors. The singular ambo names one paramedic; ambos is simply how Australians and New Zealanders talk about them as a group. This slang sense has nothing to do with the older ambo that names a raised reading desk in an early church; the two words share a spelling by pure accident.
How AMBOS is used
Informal Australian and New Zealand slang for paramedics, common in everyday speech and news reports.
- The ambos arrived within minutes of the call.
- Two ambos carried the stretcher up the narrow stairs.
- She thanked the ambos who treated her at the roadside.
- Local ambos handle hundreds of callouts every week.
- The report praised the ambos for their quick response.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMBOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMBOS
The 5 tiles of AMBOS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AMBOS
1 longer words begin with AMBOS.
Words ending in AMBOS
5 words end in AMBOS. Useful as a back hook: play AMBOS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in AMBOS
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Common questions about AMBOS
- Is AMBOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMBOS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMBOS worth?
- AMBOS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMBOS mean?
- Paramedics or ambulance officers, in Australian and New Zealand slang.
- What letters can be added to AMBOS?
- AMBOS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMBOS:
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