AMBULATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. AMBULATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMBULATORY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMBULATORY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMBULATORY
No single letter turns AMBULATORY into another word.
How AMBULATORY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AMBULATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMBULATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMBULATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Able to walk about, or relating to walking.
In hospitals an ambulatory patient is one who is not confined to bed. The word also names a covered walkway, such as the aisle curving round the east end of a church.
How AMBULATORY is used
Ambulatory is used in medicine for patients who can walk and in architecture for a church aisle.
- The ambulatory patient was allowed to leave after an hour.
- The clinic offers ambulatory care without an overnight stay.
- Pilgrims walked round the ambulatory behind the altar.
- He was weak but ambulatory by the third day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMBULATORY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMBULATORY
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Common questions about AMBULATORY
- Is AMBULATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMBULATORY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMBULATORY worth?
- AMBULATORY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMBULATORY mean?
- Able to walk about, or relating to walking.
- What letters can be added to AMBULATORY?
- No single letter can be added to AMBULATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AMBULATORY:
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