SAMARA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SAMARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAMARA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMARA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMARA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
samarasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAMARA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SAMARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 295,648.
What does SAMARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A dry fruit with one seed and a flat wing, which spins down through the air when it falls.
The samara is the winged seed case of trees such as maple, ash and elm, and children often call the paired maple kind helicopters because of the way they whirl. The wing lets the wind carry the seed away from the parent tree, so the seedling is less likely to compete with it for light. A samara does not split open when ripe, which is why botanists class it among the indehiscent fruits. Botanists sometimes name it a key fruit, after the shape of the ash version.
How SAMARA is used
Botanical term; in everyday speech people say helicopter or key.
- A single samara spun slowly down onto the path.
- The maple dropped thousands of samara in the autumn wind.
- Each samara carries one seed inside the swollen base.
- The child threw a samara into the air and watched it twirl.
- An elm samara is thin, round and papery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMARA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAMARA
The 6 tiles of SAMARA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAMARA
1 longer words begin with SAMARA.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMARA
Common questions about SAMARA
- Is SAMARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAMARA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAMARA worth?
- SAMARA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMARA mean?
- A dry fruit with one seed and a flat wing, which spins down through the air when it falls.
- What letters can be added to SAMARA?
- SAMARA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SAMARA:
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