AUTOMAT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AUTOMAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOMAT?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOMAT is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOMAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTOMAT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AUTOMAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 463,182.
What does AUTOMAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A restaurant in which customers take food and drink from small compartments opened by coins, or a vending machine.
The automat was a fixture of big American cities in the early twentieth century, with rows of glass doors showing hot dishes and pie. The word can also refer to a self-acting machine in general.
How AUTOMAT is used
Automat is now mostly used in nostalgic or historical references to such restaurants.
- They ate lunch at the automat on Broadway.
- A nickel opened a little window at the automat.
- The old automat closed decades ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOMAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOMAT
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with AUTOMAT.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOMAT
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Common questions about AUTOMAT
- Is AUTOMAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOMAT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOMAT worth?
- AUTOMAT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOMAT mean?
- A restaurant in which customers take food and drink from small compartments opened by coins, or a vending machine.
- What letters can be added to AUTOMAT?
- AUTOMAT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AUTOMAT:
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