AMPULLA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AMPULLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMPULLA?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMPULLA is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMPULLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AMPULLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AMPULLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What stands out about AMPULLA
- AMPULLA 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 AMPULLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A two-handled Roman flask, or a widened end of a body duct.
In antiquity an ampulla was a round bottle for oil or wine, and later a vessel for holy oil in coronations. Anatomists borrowed the word for swollen sections of tubes, such as the ampulla of the fallopian tube.
How AMPULLA is used
Ampulla occurs in archaeology, church history and anatomy.
- The museum displays a Roman glass ampulla.
- The king was anointed from a golden ampulla.
- The egg usually meets the sperm in the ampulla of the fallopian tube.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMPULLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMPULLA
5 longer words begin with AMPULLA.
Shorter words from the letters in AMPULLA
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Common questions about AMPULLA
- Is AMPULLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMPULLA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMPULLA worth?
- AMPULLA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMPULLA mean?
- A two-handled Roman flask, or a widened end of a body duct.
- What letters can be added to AMPULLA?
- AMPULLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AMPULLA:
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