EMBELLISH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. EMBELLISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBELLISH?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBELLISH is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBELLISH
No single letter turns EMBELLISH into another word.
How EMBELLISH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EMBELLISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMBELLISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EMBELLISH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something more attractive by adding decoration, or to make a story more interesting with extra details.
You can embellish a dress with beads or a speech with colourful anecdotes. When applied to a story, the verb hints that the added details may not be true. It sits between simple decoration and outright invention.
How EMBELLISH is used
Used for physical decoration and for exaggerating accounts or tales.
- She chose to embellish the cake with sugar flowers.
- He tended to embellish his stories of the voyage.
- Gold thread was used to embellish the robe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBELLISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBELLISH
8 longer words begin with EMBELLISH.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBELLISH
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Common questions about EMBELLISH
- Is EMBELLISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBELLISH, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBELLISH worth?
- EMBELLISH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBELLISH mean?
- To make something more attractive by adding decoration, or to make a story more interesting with extra details.
- What letters can be added to EMBELLISH?
- No single letter can be added to EMBELLISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EMBELLISH:
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