KAMI is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KAMI 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 KAMI?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAMI is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAMI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAMI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KAMI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,205.
What stands out about KAMI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KAMI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A spirit or deity in Shinto belief.
Kami is neither singular nor plural in Japanese and covers everything from a mountain to an ancestor. Translating it as god misleads: a kami is closer to a presence than to a person.
How KAMI is used
Countable and uncountable; the plural is also kami.
- A kami may be a mountain, a river or an ancestor.
- The word kami is neither singular nor plural in Japanese.
- Translating kami as god loses most of the meaning.
- A shrine houses a kami and does not contain it.
- Two kami of the same place are not a contradiction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAMI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KAMI
The 4 tiles of KAMI in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with KAMI
10 longer words begin with KAMI.
Shorter words from the letters in KAMI
Common questions about KAMI
- Is KAMI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KAMI, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KAMI worth?
- KAMI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAMI mean?
- A spirit or deity in Shinto belief.
- What letters can be added to KAMI?
- KAMI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KAMI:
Open KAMI in the Word Finder