EMACIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. EMACIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMACIATE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMACIATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMACIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMACIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EMACIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMACIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EMACIATE
- EMACIATE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EMACIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make abnormally thin and weak through lack of food or illness.
To emaciate someone is to waste away their flesh until the bones show. The verb is usually met in the past participle, as in an emaciated prisoner, and it suggests a grave and lasting deprivation.
How EMACIATE is used
A fairly formal verb, often seen in passive or participial form.
- Long illness could emaciate even a strong man.
- Months of hunger began to emaciate the stranded sailors.
- The drought did emaciate the cattle across the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMACIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMACIATE
2 longer words begin with EMACIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in EMACIATE
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Common questions about EMACIATE
- Is EMACIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMACIATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMACIATE worth?
- EMACIATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMACIATE mean?
- To make abnormally thin and weak through lack of food or illness.
- What letters can be added to EMACIATE?
- EMACIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EMACIATE:
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