AMELCORN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMELCORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMELCORN?
| 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 AMELCORN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMELCORN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amelcornsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMELCORN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AMELCORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMELCORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AMELCORN
- All 8 letters of AMELCORN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMELCORN mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A variety of wheat grown for making starch.
Amelcorn is an old agricultural word borrowed from German, now met almost only in dictionaries and word lists. It is chiefly of interest to players of word games.
How AMELCORN is used
Amelcorn is a rare term found in dictionaries and old farming texts.
- The farmer sowed a field of amelcorn.
- Starch made from amelcorn was once exported widely.
- Few people today have heard the word amelcorn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMELCORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMELCORN
The 8 tiles of AMELCORN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMELCORN
1 longer words begin with AMELCORN.
Shorter words from the letters in AMELCORN
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Common questions about AMELCORN
- Is AMELCORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMELCORN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMELCORN worth?
- AMELCORN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMELCORN mean?
- A variety of wheat grown for making starch.
- What letters can be added to AMELCORN?
- AMELCORN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AMELCORN:
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