AMIDO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AMIDO 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 AMIDO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMIDO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMIDO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amidolChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AMIDO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMIDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does AMIDO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
A combining form used in the names of chemical compounds to show that the amide group, -CONH-, is present, as in amidocyanogen.
Amido works as a prefix rather than a word on its own, attached to another chemical name to signal that an amide group is part of the molecule's structure. Older chemistry texts sometimes used amido loosely where modern usage prefers amino, so the two terms can be confused in historical writing even though they describe different groups. Because amido almost always appears fused to another term rather than standing alone, most people encounter it only inside a longer compound chemical name. The prefix belongs firmly to specialist vocabulary and rarely appears outside a laboratory or a chemistry textbook.
How AMIDO is used
Technical; appears as a prefix inside chemical names rather than as a standalone word.
- The compound's full name began with the prefix amido to mark the amide group.
- Older texts sometimes used amido where a modern chemist would write amino.
- The professor explained how amido combines with other roots in chemical naming.
- An amido group in the structure explained the compound's reactivity.
- The catalog listed several amido derivatives used in industrial synthesis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMIDO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMIDO
6 longer words begin with AMIDO.
Words with AMIDO inside
6 words contain AMIDO in the middle. Words that start with AMIDO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMIDO
Common questions about AMIDO
- Is AMIDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMIDO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMIDO worth?
- AMIDO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMIDO mean?
- A combining form used in the names of chemical compounds to show that the amide group, -CONH-, is present, as in amidocyanogen.
- What letters can be added to AMIDO?
- AMIDO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMIDO:
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