MAM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAM?
| 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 MAM is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What stands out about MAM
- MAM is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Mother, in northern British and Irish speech.
Mam belongs to a band running from Wales through the north of England into Ireland, and which form a family uses is among the most reliable markers of where they come from. One vowel is the whole difference, and nobody switches by accident.
How MAM is used
Countable and used in direct address. Chiefly regional.
- Ask your mam before you go.
- She says mam and her husband says mum.
- The word mam places a speaker within fifty miles.
- His mam still lives in the same street.
- Mam and mum are one vowel apart and never mixed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAM
Showing 24 of 141 words that begin with MAM.
Words ending in MAM
2 words end in MAM. Useful as a back hook: play MAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAM inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain MAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAM
Common questions about MAM
- Is MAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAM worth?
- MAM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAM mean?
- Mother, in northern British and Irish speech.
- What letters can be added to MAM?
- MAM takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MAM:
Open MAM in the Word Finder