AZYME is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. AZYME is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AZYME?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AZYME is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AZYME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
azymesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AZYME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AZYME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What stands out about AZYME
- AZYME scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AZYME mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Bread made without yeast or any other leavening agent, especially the flat unleavened bread used in Jewish Passover observance or in some Christian communion rites.
Azyme is baked flat because it contains nothing to make it rise. The word is used mainly in religious and historical writing to describe this kind of bread rather than in everyday cooking vocabulary.
How AZYME is used
Rare and specialized; appears mainly in religious, historical, or scholarly writing about Passover or the Eucharist.
- The recipe for azyme calls for only flour and water, with no yeast at all.
- Ancient texts describe azyme baked quickly before the family journey began.
- The priest explained why azyme rather than ordinary bread is used in the ceremony.
- Museums sometimes display old tools once used to prepare azyme by hand.
- Historians compared azyme customs across several religious traditions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AZYME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AZYME
The 5 tiles of AZYME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AZYME
1 longer words begin with AZYME.
Shorter words from the letters in AZYME
Common questions about AZYME
- Is AZYME valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AZYME is not in it.
- How many points is AZYME worth?
- AZYME is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AZYME mean?
- Bread made without yeast or any other leavening agent, especially the flat unleavened bread used in Jewish Passover observance or in some Christian communion rites.
- What letters can be added to AZYME?
- AZYME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AZYME:
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