AMYLUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AMYLUM 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 AMYLUM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMYLUM is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMYLUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
amylumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMYLUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AMYLUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.
What does AMYLUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalarchaic
Starch, the carbohydrate stored by plants and used in food and industry.
Amylum is the Latin-based name for starch, and it was common in older chemistry, pharmacy and botany. The same root gave English the words amyl and amylase, the enzyme that breaks starch down. Modern writers simply say starch, so amylum survives chiefly in historical texts and in the old names of medicines.
How AMYLUM is used
Archaic or technical; you are most likely to meet it in old pharmacy and science writing.
- The recipe called for a spoonful of amylum.
- Grains of amylum can be seen under the microscope.
- The apothecary listed amylum among his powders.
- Potatoes and wheat are rich sources of amylum.
- The old botany text described amylum stored in the seeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMYLUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMYLUM
1 longer words begin with AMYLUM.
Shorter words from the letters in AMYLUM
Common questions about AMYLUM
- Is AMYLUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMYLUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMYLUM worth?
- AMYLUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMYLUM mean?
- Starch, the carbohydrate stored by plants and used in food and industry.
- What letters can be added to AMYLUM?
- AMYLUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AMYLUM:
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