AMEBOID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMEBOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMEBOID?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMEBOID is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMEBOID
No single letter turns AMEBOID into another word.
How AMEBOID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AMEBOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does AMEBOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling an amoeba, especially in having a changing, irregular shape.
Biologists call a cell ameboid when it creeps along by pushing out and pulling in parts of itself. White blood cells show ameboid movement as they travel through tissue to reach an infection.
How AMEBOID is used
Ameboid is the American spelling used in biology and medicine.
- The cell showed ameboid movement under the microscope.
- An ameboid shape slid across the slide.
- The ameboid cells wandered through the tissue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMEBOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMEBOID
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Common questions about AMEBOID
- Is AMEBOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMEBOID, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMEBOID worth?
- AMEBOID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMEBOID mean?
- Resembling an amoeba, especially in having a changing, irregular shape.
- What letters can be added to AMEBOID?
- No single letter can be added to AMEBOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AMEBOID:
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