AMYGDALE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. AMYGDALE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMYGDALE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMYGDALE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMYGDALE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amygdalesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMYGDALE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AMYGDALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMYGDALE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMYGDALE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A small gas bubble hole in volcanic rock that has filled with minerals.
An amygdale forms when gas escapes from cooling lava and leaves a cavity, which minerals such as quartz or calcite later fill. Geologists find them as small almond-shaped lumps in basalt. The variant spelling amygdule means the same.
How AMYGDALE is used
Used in geology and mineral collecting.
- Each amygdale in the basalt was filled with white calcite.
- He split the rock to reveal an amygdale of quartz.
- An amygdale can look like a tiny almond in stone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMYGDALE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMYGDALE
1 longer words begin with AMYGDALE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMYGDALE
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Common questions about AMYGDALE
- Is AMYGDALE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMYGDALE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMYGDALE worth?
- AMYGDALE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMYGDALE mean?
- A small gas bubble hole in volcanic rock that has filled with minerals.
- What letters can be added to AMYGDALE?
- AMYGDALE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AMYGDALE:
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