MARRAM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MARRAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARRAM?
| 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 MARRAM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARRAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
marramsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MARRAM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MARRAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,208 thousand.
What stands out about MARRAM
- MARRAM is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- MARRAM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MARRAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tough, spiky seaside grass whose roots bind loose sand into dunes.
Marram grows on the coasts of northern Europe and North America, where its matted underground stems hold shifting sand together and so protect the shore from erosion. Planting it is a standard way to rebuild a damaged dune. The name comes from an old Norse word for sea-reed, and beach grass is another name for the same plant.
How MARRAM is used
Botanical and coastal-management term; often followed by "grass".
- Marram swayed on the dunes in the wind.
- Volunteers planted marram to hold the beach together.
- The path crossed a ridge of sand covered in marram.
- Thatchers once used marram for roofs near the coast.
- Without marram the dunes would wash away in a few winters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARRAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MARRAM
1 longer words begin with MARRAM.
Shorter words from the letters in MARRAM
Common questions about MARRAM
- Is MARRAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARRAM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARRAM worth?
- MARRAM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARRAM mean?
- A tough, spiky seaside grass whose roots bind loose sand into dunes.
- What letters can be added to MARRAM?
- MARRAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MARRAM:
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