MAMMATUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MAMMATUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAMMATUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAMMATUS is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAMMATUS
No single letter turns MAMMATUS into another word.
How MAMMATUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAMMATUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 3 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. MAMMATUS needs 1 blank tile.
What does MAMMATUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A cloud formation of rounded pouches that hang from the underside of a larger cloud.
Mammatus clouds often appear after a thunderstorm and look dramatic at sunset. Despite their menacing look, they usually signal that the storm is fading rather than growing.
How MAMMATUS is used
Used in meteorology and sky photography.
- A mammatus bulged beneath the anvil of the storm.
- The photographer caught a mammatus glowing orange at dusk.
- Few people had seen a mammatus before that evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAMMATUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MAMMATUS
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Common questions about MAMMATUS
- Is MAMMATUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAMMATUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAMMATUS worth?
- MAMMATUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAMMATUS mean?
- A cloud formation of rounded pouches that hang from the underside of a larger cloud.
- What letters can be added to MAMMATUS?
- No single letter can be added to MAMMATUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAMMATUS:
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