WHAM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WHAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHAM?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHAM is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHAM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WHAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What stands out about WHAM
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHAM mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A sound representing a heavy blow.
Wham is imitative and arrived only in the 1920s, which makes it far younger than the sounds it names. Whammy was built from it in the 1950s, by way of a comic strip rather than ordinary speech.
How WHAM is used
Stands alone. Also a verb: whammed, whamming.
- Wham, and the whole shelf came down.
- The word wham arrived only in the 1920s.
- He whammed the door and broke the frame.
- Whammy was built from wham in the 1950s.
- A wham in a comic is drawn as large as the panel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WHAM
The 4 tiles of WHAM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WHAM
10 longer words begin with WHAM.
Words with WHAM inside
4 words contain WHAM in the middle. Words that start with WHAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WHAM
Common questions about WHAM
- Is WHAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHAM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHAM worth?
- WHAM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHAM mean?
- A sound representing a heavy blow.
- What letters can be added to WHAM?
- WHAM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WHAM:
Open WHAM in the Word Finder