EMBOG is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. EMBOG is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EMBOG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBOG is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBOG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
embogsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBOG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EMBOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does EMBOG mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicdialect
To sink or become stuck in a bog.
Embog is built from the prefix en- and the noun bog, following the same pattern as words like enclose. It describes ground swallowing something, whether an animal, a cart or a walker who has strayed off a path. The word survives mainly in dialect glossaries and rarely appears in modern writing outside descriptions of wet, treacherous ground.
How EMBOG is used
Rare; used chiefly in dialect and descriptive writing about wet ground.
- The cart began to embog before they reached the far bank.
- Sheep would embog if left near the soft edge of the moor.
- The word embog simply means to sink into a bog.
- Heavy rain left the field ready to embog any wagon that crossed it.
- He warned us the path could embog a careless walker.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBOG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBOG
7 longer words begin with EMBOG.
Words with EMBOG inside
6 words contain EMBOG in the middle. Words that start with EMBOG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBOG
Common questions about EMBOG
- Is EMBOG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EMBOG is not in it.
- How many points is EMBOG worth?
- EMBOG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBOG mean?
- To sink or become stuck in a bog.
- What letters can be added to EMBOG?
- EMBOG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EMBOG:
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