DAMMAR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DAMMAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAMMAR?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAMMAR is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAMMAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dammarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAMMAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DAMMAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does DAMMAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard, pale resin from tropical Asian trees, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers.
Dammar is tapped from the trunks of trees native to South-East Asia, where it hardens into clear, brittle lumps. Painters dissolve it in turpentine to make a glossy varnish that protects finished oil paintings, and in some regions it was also burned as a torch. The spelling dammar is the usual one today, while damar is the shorter variant.
How DAMMAR is used
Technical; met in painting, conservation and the history of trade in tropical goods.
- The restorer brushed a thin coat of dammar over the finished landscape.
- Lumps of dammar were carried from the forest to the coast in baskets.
- Dissolved in turpentine, dammar dries to a clear and slightly yellow film.
- The villagers lit torches made from dammar and bark when night fell.
- An old bottle of dammar sat on the studio shelf, its label long faded.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAMMAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAMMAR
1 longer words begin with DAMMAR.
Shorter words from the letters in DAMMAR
Common questions about DAMMAR
- Is DAMMAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAMMAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAMMAR worth?
- DAMMAR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAMMAR mean?
- A hard, pale resin from tropical Asian trees, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers.
- What letters can be added to DAMMAR?
- DAMMAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DAMMAR:
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