AMP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMP?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMP is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about AMP
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 AMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of electric current, or an amplifier.
Two clippings share this spelling and both are technical: one belongs to wiring and to fuses, the other to music. A guitarist and an electrician can use amp all day without once meaning the same thing, and neither ever notices.
How AMP is used
Countable: an amp, two amps.
- The fuse is rated at thirteen amps.
- He plugged into the amp and the room went quiet.
- A five-amp circuit will not run that.
- The amp weighs more than the guitar by a long way.
- Two amps in series is not how any of it works.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMP
The 3 tiles of AMP in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AMP
Showing 24 of 180 words that begin with AMP.
Words ending in AMP
Showing 24 of 48 words that end in AMP. Useful as a back hook: play AMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMP inside
Showing 24 of 738 words that contain AMP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMP
Common questions about AMP
- Is AMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMP worth?
- AMP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMP mean?
- A unit of electric current, or an amplifier.
- What letters can be added to AMP?
- AMP takes 9 hooks: 8 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AMP:
Open AMP in the Word Finder