HAMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HAMMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAMMY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAMMY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAMMY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HAMMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What does HAMMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Exaggerated and overly theatrical, especially in acting.
A hammy performance is one where an actor overacts, using exaggerated gestures and expressions instead of natural ones. Critics use the word to describe scenes that feel forced or comically overplayed rather than subtle. The term comes from the older slang word ham for a poor or overacting performer.
How HAMMY is used
Informal and mainly used in reviews or casual talk about acting and performance.
- The villain's hammy laugh made the audience giggle instead of gasp.
- Critics called his performance hammy and unconvincing.
- She hammed it up so much that the scene turned hammy and silly.
- The old horror films are full of hammy acting.
- His hammy delivery of the line got an unexpected laugh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAMMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in HAMMY
3 words end in HAMMY. Useful as a back hook: play HAMMY onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAMMY inside
2 words contain HAMMY in the middle. Words that start with HAMMY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAMMY
Common questions about HAMMY
- Is HAMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAMMY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAMMY worth?
- HAMMY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAMMY mean?
- Exaggerated and overly theatrical, especially in acting.
- What letters can be added to HAMMY?
- HAMMY takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAMMY:
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