EMBATTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. EMBATTLE 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 EMBATTLE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBATTLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBATTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBATTLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EMBATTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMBATTLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EMBATTLE
- EMBATTLE 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 EMBATTLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To prepare for battle, or to fortify a place with battlements.
To embattle a castle once meant to give its walls the notched parapets used for defence. Today the word survives mostly as the adjective embattled, describing someone or something under heavy pressure.
How EMBATTLE is used
An old military verb now rare outside historical writing.
- The lord ordered his men to embattle the walls before dawn.
- They chose to embattle the hill with a ring of towers.
- Soldiers would embattle the bridge to hold off the army.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBATTLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBATTLE
4 longer words begin with EMBATTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBATTLE
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Common questions about EMBATTLE
- Is EMBATTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBATTLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBATTLE worth?
- EMBATTLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBATTLE mean?
- To prepare for battle, or to fortify a place with battlements.
- What letters can be added to EMBATTLE?
- EMBATTLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EMBATTLE:
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