WHAMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. WHAMMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHAMMY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHAMMY is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHAMMY
No single letter turns WHAMMY into another word.
How WHAMMY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHAMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,556 thousand.
What stands out about WHAMMY
- WHAMMY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHAMMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An event with a powerful and unpleasant effect, or a spell that brings bad luck.
People speak of a whammy when two troubles strike at once, as in the phrase double whammy. The word first described an evil influence cast by a glance or a spell. Today it is a light, slightly humorous way to talk about misfortune.
How WHAMMY is used
Informal, common in American English.
- The rain and the broken car were a double whammy.
- He felt that someone had put a whammy on his luck.
- The new tax was a heavy whammy for small shops.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHAMMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WHAMMY
Common questions about WHAMMY
- Is WHAMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHAMMY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHAMMY worth?
- WHAMMY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHAMMY mean?
- An event with a powerful and unpleasant effect, or a spell that brings bad luck.
- What letters can be added to WHAMMY?
- No single letter can be added to WHAMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHAMMY:
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