TAMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TAMMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAMMY?
| 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 TAMMY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAMMY
No single letter turns TAMMY into another word.
How TAMMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TAMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What does TAMMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A firm, glazed woolen or worsted fabric, also woven as a fine cloth used for straining sauces and purees in cooking.
A tammy was valued by dressmakers for its smooth, glossy face, which meant it draped well as a lining without needing much extra finishing. In the kitchen a tammy served quite a different purpose: a hot sauce or fruit puree pressed through the cloth came out silky, with seeds and skins left behind. Because the fabric was inexpensive and durable, a tammy stayed common in professional kitchens long after most households had switched to a simple metal sieve. The word survives today mainly in older cookery books and in accounts of historical textiles.
How TAMMY is used
A rare, somewhat old-fashioned word, met chiefly in traditional cookery instructions or in descriptions of historical fabrics.
- The chef pressed the raspberry puree through a tammy to remove every seed.
- Her old jacket was lined with a length of grey tammy.
- The recipe called for straining the hot custard through a fine tammy.
- Weavers in the region were once known for their tammy cloth.
- He kept a worn tammy folded in the kitchen drawer for straining stock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAMMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAMMY
1 longer words begin with TAMMY.
Shorter words from the letters in TAMMY
Common questions about TAMMY
- Is TAMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAMMY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAMMY worth?
- TAMMY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAMMY mean?
- A firm, glazed woolen or worsted fabric, also woven as a fine cloth used for straining sauces and purees in cooking.
- What letters can be added to TAMMY?
- No single letter can be added to TAMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TAMMY:
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