EMBAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. EMBAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBAR?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBAR is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EMBAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about EMBAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EMBAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To enclose or shut in with bars; to imprison, obstruct, or block up.
To embar someone or something once meant literally to fasten it behind bars or bolts, whether a prisoner in a cell or a gate sealed against attackers. The word later broadened to cover any act of hindering or blocking, close in meaning to the modern embargo, which shares the same Latin root, in barra, meaning behind a bar. Today embar survives only in older legal and literary English, largely replaced by verbs such as imprison, block, or obstruct.
How EMBAR is used
Archaic and formal; found chiefly in older legal texts and historical fiction rather than modern usage.
- The garrison moved to embar every gate against the invaders.
- Old statutes threatened to embar any ship trading with the enemy.
- The guards were ordered to embar the prisoner within the tower.
- A fallen tree seemed to embar the only path through the forest.
- The decree sought to embar further settlement beyond the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EMBAR
The 5 tiles of EMBAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with EMBAR
Showing 24 of 32 words that begin with EMBAR.
Words with EMBAR inside
19 words contain EMBAR in the middle. Words that start with EMBAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBAR
Showing 40 of 42. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about EMBAR
- Is EMBAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBAR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBAR worth?
- EMBAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBAR mean?
- To enclose or shut in with bars; to imprison, obstruct, or block up.
- What letters can be added to EMBAR?
- EMBAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EMBAR:
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