AMEBIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMEBIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMEBIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMEBIC is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMEBIC
No single letter turns AMEBIC into another word.
How AMEBIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMEBIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does AMEBIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Caused by amebas, as in amebic dysentery, an intestinal infection spread through dirty water.
Amebic is most often met in medicine, where amebic dysentery names an intestinal infection caused by a parasitic ameba. It can also describe the creeping, shape-shifting movement of the cells themselves. The spelling amoebic is the British preference, and the two forms mean exactly the same.
How AMEBIC is used
Medical and biological; common in the phrase amebic dysentery.
- The traveller was treated for amebic dysentery.
- Doctors suspected an amebic infection of the liver.
- Under the microscope the amebic movement looked slow and fluid.
- Contaminated water is a common source of amebic disease.
- The study described an amebic cell crawling across the slide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMEBIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMEBIC
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Common questions about AMEBIC
- Is AMEBIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMEBIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMEBIC worth?
- AMEBIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMEBIC mean?
- Caused by amebas, as in amebic dysentery, an intestinal infection spread through dirty water.
- What letters can be added to AMEBIC?
- No single letter can be added to AMEBIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMEBIC:
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