AMUCK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AMUCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMUCK?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMUCK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMUCK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amucksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMUCK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMUCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does AMUCK mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a frenzied, uncontrollable manner; wild and violent, especially in the phrase run amuck.
To run amuck is to lose control completely and act with sudden, indiscriminate violence or destruction, whether the subject is a person, an animal or even a piece of machinery. Amuck is a variant spelling of the more common amok, both tracing back to a Malay word describing a person seized by a murderous frenzy and attacking without reason. English borrowed the word through early travelers' accounts of such attacks in Southeast Asia. The spelling amuck appears less often today than amok but is still recognized and used in the same fixed phrase.
How AMUCK is used
Chiefly used after run, as in run amuck, and is a less common spelling than the more usual amok.
- The bull ran amuck through the narrow village streets.
- Rumors spread that the machine had gone amuck on the factory floor.
- Children ran amuck through the house while the parents were away.
- The story described soldiers running amuck after the siege.
- A loose horse ran amuck across the crowded fairground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMUCK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMUCK
1 longer words begin with AMUCK.
Words ending in AMUCK
1 words end in AMUCK. Useful as a back hook: play AMUCK onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMUCK inside
3 words contain AMUCK in the middle. Words that start with AMUCK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMUCK
Common questions about AMUCK
- Is AMUCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMUCK, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMUCK worth?
- AMUCK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMUCK mean?
- In a frenzied, uncontrollable manner; wild and violent, especially in the phrase run amuck.
- What letters can be added to AMUCK?
- AMUCK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMUCK:
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