KAME is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KAME?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAME is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kamesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does KAME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hill of gravel left behind by a glacier.
A kame forms where meltwater drops its load against or beneath ice, so the shape survives once the ice has gone. Scots gave the word to geology, and it is now used worldwide.
How KAME is used
Countable: a kame, two kames.
- A kame is gravel and a drumlin is till.
- The word kame came into geology from Scots.
- Two kames in a line mark where the meltwater ran.
- A kame survives long after the ice that built it.
- Gravel pits are dug into a kame more often than anywhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KAME
The 4 tiles of KAME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KAME
13 longer words begin with KAME.
Words ending in KAME
1 words end in KAME. Useful as a back hook: play KAME onto a word already on the board.
Words with KAME inside
10 words contain KAME in the middle. Words that start with KAME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KAME
Common questions about KAME
- Is KAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KAME, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KAME worth?
- KAME is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAME mean?
- A hill of gravel left behind by a glacier.
- What letters can be added to KAME?
- KAME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KAME:
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