EMBANKMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. EMBANKMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBANKMENT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBANKMENT is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBANKMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
embankmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBANKMENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EMBANKMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMBANKMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EMBANKMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A raised bank of earth or stone built to hold back water or carry a road or railway.
Rivers are lined with an embankment to stop floods, and railways run on one where the ground dips. In some cities the word names a road along a waterfront, as with the Thames Embankment.
How EMBANKMENT is used
Embankment is a civil engineering term and also a place name in several cities.
- The railway ran along a grassy embankment.
- Workers reinforced the embankment before the spring floods.
- We walked along the embankment at sunset.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBANKMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBANKMENT
1 longer words begin with EMBANKMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBANKMENT
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Common questions about EMBANKMENT
- Is EMBANKMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBANKMENT, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBANKMENT worth?
- EMBANKMENT is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBANKMENT mean?
- A raised bank of earth or stone built to hold back water or carry a road or railway.
- What letters can be added to EMBANKMENT?
- EMBANKMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EMBANKMENT:
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