GAMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GAMMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAMMY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAMMY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAMMY
No single letter turns GAMMY into another word.
How GAMMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,394 thousand.
What does GAMMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Injured, weak or permanently damaged, especially referring to a leg or knee.
Gammy is a British informal word used almost always about a limb, most often a leg, that has been hurt in the past and never fully recovered, leaving it weak or stiff. Someone with a gammy leg might limp or tire quickly when walking, and the word is used sympathetically rather than as an insult. It appears often in everyday complaints about old injuries, such as after a sports accident or a fall years earlier. The origin is uncertain, but gammy has been part of informal British speech for well over a century.
How GAMMY is used
British informal; used almost exclusively for a permanently weak or injured leg or knee.
- His gammy knee ached whenever the weather turned cold.
- She walked with a slight limp because of her gammy leg.
- The old footballer blamed his gammy ankle for missing training.
- Grandad says his gammy hip slows him down on stairs.
- He has had a gammy leg ever since the accident years ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAMMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GAMMY
Common questions about GAMMY
- Is GAMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAMMY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAMMY worth?
- GAMMY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAMMY mean?
- Injured, weak or permanently damaged, especially referring to a leg or knee.
- What letters can be added to GAMMY?
- No single letter can be added to GAMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAMMY:
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