TAM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAM?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does TAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A round flat Scottish cap.
Tam is short for tam-o'-shanter, which is the name of a character in a poem by Burns rather than of any real person. The hat was worn long before the poem existed and took the name only afterwards.
How TAM is used
Countable: a tam, two tams.
- A tam pulled down against the wind.
- The word tam is short for tam-o'-shanter.
- The hat is older than the poem the tam is named from.
- Two tams in the same tartan and one of them borrowed.
- A tam sits flat and a beret does not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAM
The 3 tiles of TAM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TAM
Showing 24 of 132 words that begin with TAM.
Words ending in TAM
7 words end in TAM. Useful as a back hook: play TAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with TAM inside
Showing 24 of 369 words that contain TAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAM
Common questions about TAM
- Is TAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAM, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAM worth?
- TAM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAM mean?
- A round flat Scottish cap.
- What letters can be added to TAM?
- TAM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TAM:
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