AMPHIBOLY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. AMPHIBOLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMPHIBOLY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMPHIBOLY is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMPHIBOLY
No single letter turns AMPHIBOLY into another word.
How AMPHIBOLY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AMPHIBOLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMPHIBOLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AMPHIBOLY
- All 9 letters of AMPHIBOLY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMPHIBOLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A phrase or sentence whose grammar allows it to be read in more than one way.
Logicians treat amphiboly as a fallacy that creeps in through loose sentence structure rather than through the choice of words. A headline such as "Police shoot man with knife" shows how amphiboly can leave the reader unsure who held the knife.
How AMPHIBOLY is used
Used in logic, rhetoric and grammar when discussing ambiguity that comes from construction, not vocabulary.
- The lawyer pointed out the amphiboly in the contract clause, which could be read two ways.
- A careless comma can produce an amphiboly that changes the whole meaning of a sentence.
- The textbook gave amphiboly as an example of a fallacy that depends on syntax.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMPHIBOLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMPHIBOLY
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Common questions about AMPHIBOLY
- Is AMPHIBOLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMPHIBOLY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMPHIBOLY worth?
- AMPHIBOLY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMPHIBOLY mean?
- A phrase or sentence whose grammar allows it to be read in more than one way.
- What letters can be added to AMPHIBOLY?
- No single letter can be added to AMPHIBOLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AMPHIBOLY:
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