AMNESTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMNESTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMNESTY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMNESTY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMNESTY
No single letter turns AMNESTY into another word.
How AMNESTY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AMNESTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does AMNESTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
An official pardon given to a group of people for an offence.
Governments declare an amnesty after a conflict or to encourage people to hand in illegal items without punishment. The word shares its root with amnesia, since the offence is in effect officially forgotten.
How AMNESTY is used
Amnesty is used in politics and law, also for short periods when penalties are waived.
- The government offered an amnesty to all political prisoners.
- Police ran a gun amnesty for a month.
- Rebels accepted the amnesty and went home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMNESTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMNESTY
1 longer words begin with AMNESTY.
Shorter words from the letters in AMNESTY
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Common questions about AMNESTY
- Is AMNESTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMNESTY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMNESTY worth?
- AMNESTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMNESTY mean?
- An official pardon given to a group of people for an offence.
- What letters can be added to AMNESTY?
- No single letter can be added to AMNESTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AMNESTY:
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