amalgam
NOUN
/ə'mælgəm/
7 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
amalgam is a valid 7-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1M3A1L1G2A1M3
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does amalgam mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A combination or blend of diverse things.
“his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas”
BROADER
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