SAMMY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. SAMMY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SAMMY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMMY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMMY
No single letter turns SAMMY into another word.
How SAMMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does SAMMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalSouth African
A historical South African term for an Indian trader who sold fruit and vegetables from house to house.
The word sammy was used in southern Africa for Indian shopkeepers and hawkers, particularly those who carried produce door to door through towns and mining settlements. It reflects an older pattern of small-scale trading by immigrant communities before large shops took over that role. The term is now mainly historical and turns up in older writing about South African social life rather than in current speech. It should not be confused with the personal nickname formed by shortening the name Samuel, which is a separate and unrelated use.
How SAMMY is used
Historical and regional; found in older South African writing rather than current everyday English.
- The old sammy came round with his cart of oranges every Friday.
- Local children waited for the sammy to pass with fresh vegetables.
- Her grandmother remembered buying spices from a travelling sammy.
- The town history mentions several sammy families who settled near the market.
- A sammy would call at each house along the street in turn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMMY
Common questions about SAMMY
- Is SAMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SAMMY is not in it.
- How many points is SAMMY worth?
- SAMMY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMMY mean?
- A historical South African term for an Indian trader who sold fruit and vegetables from house to house.
- What letters can be added to SAMMY?
- No single letter can be added to SAMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAMMY:
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