Words Containing PSAM

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing PSAM?

PSAMMOPHYTIC is worth 28 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PSAMMOPHYTES (26), PSAMMOPHYTE (25), PSAMMOPHILOUS (24).

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All Words Containing PSAM 13 words

How often does PSAM appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 13 words containing PSAM. Most are 11 letters long, they average 20.3 points, the best is PSAMMOPHYTIC (28 points) and 46.2% end in S.

Total words: 13
Most common length: 11 letters; 3 words
Average Scrabble score: 20.3; out of 28 max
Longest word: PSAMMOPHILOUS; 13 letters
Most common ending: S; 46.2% of words

Most common last letters

s 46.2%
e 23.1%
c 15.4%

Top vowel pairs

ou7.7%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

Rare words worth knowing

Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing PSAM

p ₃s ₁a ₁m ₃m ₃o ₁p ₃h ₄y ₄t ₁i ₁c ₃

P 3 + S 1 + A 1 + M 3 + M 3 + O 1 + P 3 + H 4 + Y 4 + T 1 + I 1 + C 3 = 28 points

Double word: 56 pts
Triple word: 84 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

psammophytic

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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