AMMO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AMMO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMMO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMMO is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMMO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMMO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AMMO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does AMMO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Ammunition — the short form.
Ammo is a military clipping from the First World War that spread into ordinary speech, where it now means anything useful in an argument. The figurative sense is the commoner one.
How AMMO is used
Uncountable; there is no plural. Informal.
- Plenty of ammo for the meeting and no intention of using it.
- The word ammo is a First World War clipping.
- Ammo now means anything useful in an argument.
- The figurative sense of ammo is the commoner one.
- A box of ammo and nowhere to fire it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMMO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMMO
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with AMMO.
Words ending in AMMO
1 words end in AMMO. Useful as a back hook: play AMMO onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMMO inside
Showing 24 of 66 words that contain AMMO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AMMO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMMO
Common questions about AMMO
- Is AMMO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMMO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMMO worth?
- AMMO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMMO mean?
- Ammunition — the short form.
- What letters can be added to AMMO?
- AMMO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AMMO:
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