MAMBO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MAMBO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAMBO?
| 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 MAMBO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAMBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mambosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAMBO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAMBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does MAMBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A lively Cuban ballroom dance and its music, related in rhythm to the rumba and cha-cha.
The mambo developed in Cuba in the mid-twentieth century and spread quickly through Latin American and North American dance halls, prized for its energetic footwork and syncopated beat. Bands built whole orchestras around the mambo, blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with big-band brass to fill dance floors across the Americas. Separately, mambo is also the term for a priestess in Haitian Vodou tradition, a distinct and unrelated use of the same word rooted in Caribbean religious practice.
How MAMBO is used
Common noun and, less often, a verb meaning to dance the mambo; heard in music, dance instruction, and Caribbean cultural writing.
- The band struck up a mambo and couples filled the floor.
- She learned to mambo before her wedding reception.
- His record collection included dozens of classic mambo tracks.
- The dance studio offered a beginner mambo class on Tuesdays.
- In the ceremony described by the anthropologist, a mambo led the ritual.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAMBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAMBO
4 longer words begin with MAMBO.
Shorter words from the letters in MAMBO
Common questions about MAMBO
- Is MAMBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAMBO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAMBO worth?
- MAMBO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAMBO mean?
- A lively Cuban ballroom dance and its music, related in rhythm to the rumba and cha-cha.
- What letters can be added to MAMBO?
- MAMBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAMBO:
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