DAM is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAM?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAM is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does DAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A barrier built across a river to hold water back.
An unrelated dam meaning a mother is older and survives only in animal breeding, where it is paired with the sire. The two words are short, common and completely separate, and no sentence has ever needed to tell them apart.
How DAM is used
Countable: a dam, two dams. Also a verb.
- The dam held and the village below it did not flood.
- The foal takes after its dam rather than the sire.
- They dammed the stream and regretted it within a year.
- A dam that size changes the river for fifty miles.
- Two entirely separate words are spelled dam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAM
The 3 tiles of DAM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DAM
Showing 24 of 138 words that begin with DAM.
Words ending in DAM
22 words end in DAM. Useful as a back hook: play DAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with DAM inside
Showing 24 of 206 words that contain DAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAM
Common questions about DAM
- Is DAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAM, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAM worth?
- DAM is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAM mean?
- A barrier built across a river to hold water back.
- What letters can be added to DAM?
- DAM takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DAM:
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