AMERCE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AMERCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMERCE?
| 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 AMERCE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMERCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMERCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMERCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What stands out about AMERCE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMERCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
legalformal
To punish someone with a fine whose size is left to the judgment of a court or official.
In old English law a person was amerced at the mercy of the court, and the word grew from the Anglo-French phrase for being at mercy. The fine was not set by statute but by what the judge thought fair, which separates it from a fixed penalty. Today the verb is rare and appears mostly in legal history and in formal or literary writing.
How AMERCE is used
Formal and uncommon; used in legal history, and sometimes figuratively for any penalty.
- The court chose to amerce the miller rather than jail him.
- The judge may amerce a juror who fails to appear.
- Medieval officials would amerce a whole village for one man's fault.
- They threatened to amerce him in the sum of ten pounds.
- The poet wrote that fate can amerce us of our hopes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMERCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMERCE
The 6 tiles of AMERCE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AMERCE
7 longer words begin with AMERCE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMERCE
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Common questions about AMERCE
- Is AMERCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMERCE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMERCE worth?
- AMERCE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMERCE mean?
- To punish someone with a fine whose size is left to the judgment of a court or official.
- What letters can be added to AMERCE?
- AMERCE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMERCE:
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