MAMA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MAMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAMA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAMA is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mamasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAMA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MAMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does MAMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Mother — a childish or informal form.
Mama is almost identical in unrelated languages worldwide, because it uses the sounds infants make first. That makes it one of the few words that proves nothing about language history.
How MAMA is used
Countable. Also spelled mamma.
- Mama is the first word in a great many households.
- The word mama appears in unrelated languages alike.
- Infants make the sounds in mama before any others.
- Two mamas in the same sentence means two people.
- Mama proves nothing about how languages are related.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAMA
17 longer words begin with MAMA.
Words ending in MAMA
1 words end in MAMA. Useful as a back hook: play MAMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAMA inside
3 words contain MAMA in the middle. Words that start with MAMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAMA
Common questions about MAMA
- Is MAMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAMA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAMA worth?
- MAMA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAMA mean?
- Mother — a childish or informal form.
- What letters can be added to MAMA?
- MAMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MAMA:
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