CAM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CAM 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 CAM?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAM is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does CAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A shaped wheel or projection that turns rotation into a push.
A cam is how a machine remembers a form: cut the profile once and the follower repeats it for as long as the shaft goes round. Engines use them to open valves at exactly the right instant, and before electronics a cam was how a machine was programmed at all — the pattern of a loom or a music box lives in the metal.
How CAM is used
Countable: a cam, two cams. Common in compounds — camshaft, cam belt.
- The cam opens the valve and the spring closes it.
- A worn cam changes the timing without anybody noticing.
- Two cams on the same shaft do different jobs.
- The music box works from a cam and nothing else.
- He replaced the cam belt and the noise stopped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAM
The 3 tiles of CAM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAM
Showing 24 of 301 words that begin with CAM.
Words ending in CAM
11 words end in CAM. Useful as a back hook: play CAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAM inside
Showing 24 of 163 words that contain CAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAM
Common questions about CAM
- Is CAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAM worth?
- CAM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAM mean?
- A shaped wheel or projection that turns rotation into a push.
- What letters can be added to CAM?
- CAM takes 7 hooks: 1 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAM:
Open CAM in the Word Finder