SCAMPI is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SCAMPI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCAMPI?
| 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 SCAMPI 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 SCAMPI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scampisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCAMPI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCAMPI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does SCAMPI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Large prawns, or a dish of them, typically fried in breadcrumbs or cooked in garlic butter.
In Britain, scampi usually means the tails of Norway lobsters coated in crumbs and fried, a pub staple served with chips and tartare sauce. In the United States the word more often describes shrimp sauteed in garlic, butter and white wine, often over pasta. The name comes from Italian, where it is a plural of a word for a small crustacean. Although the form looks plural, it is treated as a mass noun in menus, so people order scampi rather than a scampo.
How SCAMPI is used
Treated as a singular mass noun on menus and in recipes.
- The pub served scampi and chips every Friday evening.
- We ordered the garlic scampi with a side of rice.
- She cooked the scampi in butter until it turned pink.
- Is the scampi on this menu fresh or frozen?
- He topped a bowl of linguine with lemon scampi.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCAMPI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCAMPI
8 longer words begin with SCAMPI.
Shorter words from the letters in SCAMPI
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Common questions about SCAMPI
- Is SCAMPI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCAMPI, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCAMPI worth?
- SCAMPI is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCAMPI mean?
- Large prawns, or a dish of them, typically fried in breadcrumbs or cooked in garlic butter.
- What letters can be added to SCAMPI?
- SCAMPI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCAMPI:
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