MAMMA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MAMMA 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 MAMMA?
| 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 MAMMA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAMMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAMMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAMMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 3 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. MAMMA needs 1 blank tile.
What does MAMMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalmedical
The milk-producing gland of a female mammal, or, informally, one's mother.
Mamma names the mammary gland in anatomy, which is the technical sense that gave the whole class of mammals its name, and quite separately mamma is a child's informal word for mother in exactly the way papa names a father. The two senses developed independently from the same babbled syllable.
How MAMMA is used
The anatomical sense is countable and technical; the family sense is informal and often capitalised.
- The lecture described the structure of the mamma in detail.
- She still calls her own mother mamma at forty.
- Every mammal has a mamma, whether or not it is used.
- Mamma bird arrived every hour with more food, the children joked.
- The word mamma gave mammal its name centuries later.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAMMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAMMA
21 longer words begin with MAMMA.
Words ending in MAMMA
1 words end in MAMMA. Useful as a back hook: play MAMMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAMMA inside
3 words contain MAMMA in the middle. Words that start with MAMMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAMMA
Common questions about MAMMA
- Is MAMMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAMMA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAMMA worth?
- MAMMA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAMMA mean?
- The milk-producing gland of a female mammal, or, informally, one's mother.
- What letters can be added to MAMMA?
- MAMMA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAMMA:
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