VAMP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VAMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VAMP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VAMP is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VAMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VAMP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VAMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does VAMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The upper front part of a shoe.
Vamp for a seductive woman is a clipping of vampire and dates from a silent film of 1915. The musical vamp, a figure repeated before a song begins, comes from the shoe by way of patching something up.
How VAMP is used
Countable. Also a verb and two unrelated nouns.
- The vamp of the shoe wears before the sole does.
- The word vamp for a woman is clipped from vampire.
- The band vamped until the singer arrived.
- A vamp in music is repeated until something happens.
- Three senses of vamp and one of them from a film.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VAMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VAMP
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with VAMP.
Words ending in VAMP
1 words end in VAMP. Useful as a back hook: play VAMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with VAMP inside
6 words contain VAMP in the middle. Words that start with VAMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VAMP
Common questions about VAMP
- Is VAMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VAMP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VAMP worth?
- VAMP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VAMP mean?
- The upper front part of a shoe.
- What letters can be added to VAMP?
- VAMP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VAMP:
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