MAMMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MAMMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAMMAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAMMAL is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAMMAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mammalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAMMAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MAMMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 3 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. MAMMAL needs 1 blank tile.
What does MAMMAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A warm-blooded animal with a backbone that has hair or fur and feeds its young on milk made by the mother.
Mammals form one of the main groups of vertebrates, and they include humans, dogs, whales, bats and mice. Nearly all give birth to live young, the exceptions being the egg-laying monotremes such as the platypus. The word comes from the Latin mamma, meaning breast, which points to the feature that defines the group. Few biological terms are more familiar from school lessons.
How MAMMAL is used
Standard scientific and everyday term; the adjective is mammalian.
- The blue whale is the largest mammal that has ever lived.
- A bat is the only mammal capable of true flight.
- Every mammal feeds its young with milk.
- The survey counted each small mammal found in the woodland.
- The platypus is an unusual mammal because it lays eggs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAMMAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAMMAL
11 longer words begin with MAMMAL.
Shorter words from the letters in MAMMAL
Common questions about MAMMAL
- Is MAMMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAMMAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAMMAL worth?
- MAMMAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAMMAL mean?
- A warm-blooded animal with a backbone that has hair or fur and feeds its young on milk made by the mother.
- What letters can be added to MAMMAL?
- MAMMAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MAMMAL:
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