MALLAM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points

It depends on the list you play by. MALLAM 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 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

Which word lists accept MALLAM?

Word power: 30 / 100

Our own measure of how useful MALLAM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for MALLAM

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How MALLAM scores

Face value of the 6 tiles in MALLAM, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,519 thousand.

What stands out about MALLAM

• MALLAM is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
• MALLAM begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with MALLAM

1 longer words begin with MALLAM.

Shorter words from the letters in MALLAM

Common questions about MALLAM

Is MALLAM valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALLAM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is MALLAM worth?

MALLAM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to MALLAM?

MALLAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.