EBONY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. EBONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EBONY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EBONY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EBONY
No single letter turns EBONY into another word.
How EBONY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EBONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does EBONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard, heavy, dark tropical wood prized for its fine polish, or the deep black color associated with it.
Ebony comes from trees native to tropical Asia and Africa and has long been valued for furniture inlay, piano keys, and carved objects because it takes an exceptionally smooth, glossy finish. Beyond the wood itself, ebony functions as a color word for the deepest black, used to describe anything from hair and eyes to night skies, and occasionally as an adjective meaning made of or resembling that wood.
How EBONY is used
Used for the specific tropical wood, as a general term for pure black, and occasionally as an adjective.
- The piano's black keys were carved from genuine ebony.
- Her hair shone with an ebony gleam under the streetlight.
- Craftsmen inlaid the box with strips of polished ebony.
- The night sky over the desert looked almost ebony without a single cloud.
- Ebony furniture from the estate sold for a high price at auction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EBONY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EBONY
The 5 tiles of EBONY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in EBONY
Common questions about EBONY
- Is EBONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EBONY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EBONY worth?
- EBONY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EBONY mean?
- A hard, heavy, dark tropical wood prized for its fine polish, or the deep black color associated with it.
- What letters can be added to EBONY?
- No single letter can be added to EBONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EBONY:
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