ZAMIA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ZAMIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZAMIA?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZAMIA is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZAMIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zamiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZAMIA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZAMIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does ZAMIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A cycad of the genus Zamia, a slow-growing plant with a thick stem and stiff, palm-like leaves.
A zamia is not a true palm or fern, despite resembling both, but belongs to the ancient group of plants called cycads that predate flowering plants. It produces cone-like structures rather than flowers, and some species store starch in their stems that must be processed carefully before it is safe to eat. Collectors prize the zamia for its unusual, primitive appearance in gardens.
How ZAMIA is used
A specialist botanical term used mainly by gardeners and plant collectors.
- The botanical garden displayed a rare dwarf zamia.
- A zamia can live for decades with very little care.
- The stiff leaves of the zamia curved outward from a short stem.
- Collectors traded seeds of an unusual zamia species.
- The zamia produced a large cone at the centre of its crown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZAMIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZAMIA
1 longer words begin with ZAMIA.
Words ending in ZAMIA
1 words end in ZAMIA. Useful as a back hook: play ZAMIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZAMIA inside
1 words contain ZAMIA in the middle. Words that start with ZAMIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZAMIA
Common questions about ZAMIA
- Is ZAMIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZAMIA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZAMIA worth?
- ZAMIA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZAMIA mean?
- A cycad of the genus Zamia, a slow-growing plant with a thick stem and stiff, palm-like leaves.
- What letters can be added to ZAMIA?
- ZAMIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZAMIA:
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