AMI is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. AMI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMI?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMI is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AMI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 998.
What stands out about AMI
- The same 3 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 AMI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A friend, in French.
Ami arrives in English inside set phrases rather than on its own: mon ami in dialogue, and the feminine amie where the person is a woman. English keeps it for flavour, which is why it shows up far more often in fiction with a French setting than anywhere else.
How AMI is used
Chiefly in mon ami. The feminine form is amie; both are rare on their own.
- He greeted everybody with mon ami and remembered no names.
- The letter opens with ami and closes with nothing at all.
- A detective in that period says mon ami once a chapter.
- She calls him ami and means something short of friend.
- The word ami in an English novel is doing scenery work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMI
The 3 tiles of AMI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AMI
Showing 24 of 109 words that begin with AMI.
Words ending in AMI
Showing 24 of 25 words that end in AMI. Useful as a back hook: play AMI onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMI inside
Showing 24 of 1271 words that contain AMI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AMI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMI
Common questions about AMI
- Is AMI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMI, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMI worth?
- AMI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMI mean?
- A friend, in French.
- What letters can be added to AMI?
- AMI takes 9 hooks: 3 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AMI:
Open AMI in the Word Finder