AMIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AMIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMIDE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMIDE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMIDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about AMIDE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 AMIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
An organic compound containing a carbon atom double-bonded to oxygen and single-bonded to nitrogen, the same link that joins amino acids in proteins.
An amide is built around a fixed arrangement of carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, and that same link, formed when an acid and an amine join and release water, is exactly what connects one amino acid to the next in a protein chain. Simple amides such as acetamide are made in the laboratory from acids and ammonia, while more complex amides show up throughout biology and in materials such as nylon, which is built from repeating amide links. Because the amide bond is unusually stable, it plays a central structural role in living tissue as well as in synthetic polymers. Chemists distinguish amides carefully from the similarly spelled amines, which lack the oxygen atom.
How AMIDE is used
Technical; used in organic chemistry and biochemistry rather than everyday speech.
- The protein chain is held together by a long series of amide bonds.
- Chemists synthesized the amide by combining the acid with ammonia.
- Nylon is a polymer built from repeating amide links.
- The lab identified the compound as a simple amide of acetic acid.
- An amide differs from an amine in containing an additional oxygen atom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMIDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMIDE
The 5 tiles of AMIDE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with AMIDE
1 longer words begin with AMIDE.
Words ending in AMIDE
Showing 24 of 33 words that end in AMIDE. Useful as a back hook: play AMIDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMIDE inside
Showing 24 of 35 words that contain AMIDE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AMIDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMIDE
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Common questions about AMIDE
- Is AMIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMIDE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMIDE worth?
- AMIDE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMIDE mean?
- An organic compound containing a carbon atom double-bonded to oxygen and single-bonded to nitrogen, the same link that joins amino acids in proteins.
- What letters can be added to AMIDE?
- AMIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMIDE:
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