KAAMA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. KAAMA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KAAMA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAAMA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAAMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kaamasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAAMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAAMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 448,140.
What does KAAMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologySouth African
A large southern African antelope with lyre-shaped horns, known in English by the name hartebeest.
The kaama is a heavily built, reddish-brown antelope known for its long face and sharply curved horns, and it grazes in open grassland across parts of southern Africa. Naturalists writing in English borrowed the name kaama from local usage as an alternative to hartebeest, and older field guides still list both terms side by side.
How KAAMA is used
A regional South African name for the hartebeest, met mainly in older natural history writing.
- A herd of kaama grazed near the dry riverbed.
- The guidebook listed the kaama under its scientific name as well.
- Hunters of the previous century wrote often about tracking a kaama.
- The museum case displayed the mounted horns of a kaama.
- A lone kaama watched the vehicle from a low ridge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAAMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KAAMA
1 longer words begin with KAAMA.
Shorter words from the letters in KAAMA
Common questions about KAAMA
- Is KAAMA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KAAMA is not in it.
- How many points is KAAMA worth?
- KAAMA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAAMA mean?
- A large southern African antelope with lyre-shaped horns, known in English by the name hartebeest.
- What letters can be added to KAAMA?
- KAAMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KAAMA:
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