EMBODY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EMBODY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBODY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBODY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBODY
No single letter turns EMBODY into another word.
How EMBODY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EMBODY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does EMBODY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give a visible or solid form to an idea or quality, or to be a perfect example of it.
To embody an idea is to make it real in a form that people can see or touch, as a statue embodies a nation's hopes or a leader embodies the values of a movement. A person who embodies kindness is the very picture of it. The verb can also mean to include or contain something as one of its parts, as when a treaty embodies several earlier agreements. At its root is the plain idea of putting something into a body.
How EMBODY is used
Fairly formal; common in writing about ideas, values, art and law.
- The monument was meant to embody the spirit of the city.
- She seemed to embody everything he admired about teachers.
- The new law will embody several recommendations from the report.
- Few athletes embody the sport as completely as he did.
- The poem tries to embody a feeling that words rarely catch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBODY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBODY
1 longer words begin with EMBODY.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBODY
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Common questions about EMBODY
- Is EMBODY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBODY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBODY worth?
- EMBODY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBODY mean?
- To give a visible or solid form to an idea or quality, or to be a perfect example of it.
- What letters can be added to EMBODY?
- No single letter can be added to EMBODY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EMBODY:
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