COEMPT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COEMPT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COEMPT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COEMPT is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COEMPT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coemptsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COEMPT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COEMPT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does COEMPT mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To buy up the whole supply of something so that others cannot obtain it.
Coempt is a rare and rather bookish verb that goes back to Latin emere, "to buy". Its aim is usually to control a market: a dealer who coempts all the grain in a district can then set the price. Today the idea is far more often expressed with phrases like corner the market or buy up the stock.
How COEMPT is used
Rare and formal; chiefly of interest to word-game players and readers of older texts.
- The merchants tried to coempt every barrel of salt.
- It is illegal to coempt a staple food in order to raise prices.
- He planned to coempt the whole harvest of wool.
- A rival syndicate moved to coempt the available shipping.
- To coempt the stock quietly took them months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COEMPT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COEMPT
5 longer words begin with COEMPT.
Shorter words from the letters in COEMPT
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Common questions about COEMPT
- Is COEMPT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COEMPT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COEMPT worth?
- COEMPT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COEMPT mean?
- To buy up the whole supply of something so that others cannot obtain it.
- What letters can be added to COEMPT?
- COEMPT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COEMPT:
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