BAM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAM is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does BAM mean in Scrabble?
interjection
The sound of a sudden impact, as written.
Bam is comic-strip vocabulary that reached ordinary speech, and it marks the moment something lands rather than the noise itself. In Scots the same three letters mean to trick somebody, and that word is older and entirely unrelated.
How BAM is used
Stands alone. Also a verb in Scots meaning to cheat.
- One turn of the handle and bam, it was open.
- The panel shows a fist and the word bam.
- Bam marks the moment and not the sound.
- In Scots to bam somebody is to fool them.
- He said bam and everybody understood the timing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAM
22 longer words begin with BAM.
Words ending in BAM
1 words end in BAM. Useful as a back hook: play BAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAM inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain BAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAM
Common questions about BAM
- Is BAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAM worth?
- BAM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAM mean?
- The sound of a sudden impact, as written.
- What letters can be added to BAM?
- BAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAM:
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