AMMAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. AMMAN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AMMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMMAN is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMMAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ammansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMMAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does AMMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A district magistrate or local administrative officer in parts of historical Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
An amman held judicial and administrative power over a district on behalf of a higher lord or council, a role close to that of a bailiff or sheriff elsewhere in Europe. The title survived longest in Swiss cantons, where local records still name individual holders of the office. Amman is also written amtman in some older sources, reflecting the same Germanic root as the modern word amt, meaning office.
How AMMAN is used
Historical administrative title; found mainly in older records of Germanic-speaking Europe.
- The village amman settled disputes that never reached a higher court.
- Swiss cantonal records list every amman who held office that century.
- An amman answered to the local lord rather than acting independently.
- The office of amman resembled that of a bailiff in England.
- Old deeds sometimes name the amman who witnessed the sale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMMAN
The 5 tiles of AMMAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMMAN
1 longer words begin with AMMAN.
Words ending in AMMAN
1 words end in AMMAN. Useful as a back hook: play AMMAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMMAN inside
3 words contain AMMAN in the middle. Words that start with AMMAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMMAN
Common questions about AMMAN
- Is AMMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AMMAN is not in it.
- How many points is AMMAN worth?
- AMMAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMMAN mean?
- A district magistrate or local administrative officer in parts of historical Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
- What letters can be added to AMMAN?
- AMMAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMMAN:
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