AMEBA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AMEBA 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 AMEBA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMEBA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMEBA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMEBA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMEBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about AMEBA
- AMEBA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMEBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A microscopic single-celled organism that constantly changes shape and moves by extending temporary projections of its cytoplasm.
An ameba lives in water, soil, or as a parasite, and it survives by flowing its own body around food particles before absorbing them. This spelling is the form most often used in American English, while the same organism is usually spelled amoeba in British writing, though both refer to the same creature. Biology students usually meet the ameba early on as a simple example of a single-celled life form under a microscope.
How AMEBA is used
The preferred American spelling; British writing more often uses the longer form of the same word.
- Students observed an ameba moving across the slide.
- The ameba slowly wrapped itself around a food particle.
- A single ameba can reproduce simply by dividing in two.
- The pond water sample contained several amebas.
- Under the microscope, the ameba changed shape constantly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMEBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMEBA
The 5 tiles of AMEBA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMEBA
3 longer words begin with AMEBA.
Words ending in AMEBA
3 words end in AMEBA. Useful as a back hook: play AMEBA onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMEBA inside
8 words contain AMEBA in the middle. Words that start with AMEBA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMEBA
Common questions about AMEBA
- Is AMEBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMEBA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMEBA worth?
- AMEBA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMEBA mean?
- A microscopic single-celled organism that constantly changes shape and moves by extending temporary projections of its cytoplasm.
- What letters can be added to AMEBA?
- AMEBA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMEBA:
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