ATAMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ATAMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATAMAN?
| 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 ATAMAN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATAMAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
atamansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATAMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ATAMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 197,099.
What does ATAMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An elected military and political leader of a Cossack community, especially one commanding a host or region.
Cossack communities traditionally elected an ataman to lead them in war and to oversee civil affairs during peacetime, giving the position both military and political weight. The office existed for centuries among Cossack hosts in what is now Ukraine and southern Russia, and a strong ataman could command loyalty rivaling that of a prince or general. During periods of upheaval, such as the Russian civil war, various self-declared atamans led armed forces largely independent of any central government. The word survives today mainly in historical writing and in the titles of some ceremonial or cultural Cossack organizations.
How ATAMAN is used
A historical title, encountered mainly in writing about Cossack history and the Russian civil war.
- The Cossacks elected a new ataman to lead them into battle.
- Historians describe the ataman as both a military and civil leader.
- The ataman rallied several thousand horsemen within a week.
- Rival atamans fought for control of the region during the civil war.
- A statue in the town square honors a nineteenth-century ataman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATAMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATAMAN
1 longer words begin with ATAMAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ATAMAN
Common questions about ATAMAN
- Is ATAMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATAMAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATAMAN worth?
- ATAMAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATAMAN mean?
- An elected military and political leader of a Cossack community, especially one commanding a host or region.
- What letters can be added to ATAMAN?
- ATAMAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ATAMAN:
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