AMPHORA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AMPHORA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMPHORA?
| 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: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMPHORA is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMPHORA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMPHORA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AMPHORA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What stands out about AMPHORA
- AMPHORA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AMPHORA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tall ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck, used for wine or oil.
Greeks and Romans shipped wine and olive oil in each amphora, and the pointed base let it stand in sand or be stacked in a hold. Archaeologists value amphora fragments because their shapes help date shipwrecks.
How AMPHORA is used
Amphora is used in archaeology, history and museum descriptions; the plural is amphorae.
- Divers raised an intact amphora from the seabed.
- The museum displays a painted amphora from Athens.
- Each amphora once held about twenty-five litres of wine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMPHORA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMPHORA
3 longer words begin with AMPHORA.
Shorter words from the letters in AMPHORA
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Common questions about AMPHORA
- Is AMPHORA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMPHORA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMPHORA worth?
- AMPHORA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMPHORA mean?
- A tall ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck, used for wine or oil.
- What letters can be added to AMPHORA?
- AMPHORA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AMPHORA:
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