EMBOLY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EMBOLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBOLY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBOLY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBOLY
No single letter turns EMBOLY into another word.
How EMBOLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EMBOLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does EMBOLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The inward growth or folding of one part of an early embryo into another, as when a hollow ball of cells is pushed in to make a pocket.
Biologists use emboly for one of the first great rearrangements in the life of an animal embryo. A layer of cells folds inward, and the single-layered ball becomes a cup with an opening and an inner cavity. The term belongs to embryology textbooks and has almost no use outside them. It comes from a Greek word meaning something thrust in, and it contrasts with the outward spreading called epiboly.
How EMBOLY is used
Confined to embryology and developmental biology.
- The lecture on emboly included a diagram of a folding sea urchin embryo.
- Without emboly, the hollow ball of cells would never gain an inner gut.
- Students compared emboly in frogs with the same process in starfish.
- The textbook explains that emboly is one way a gastrula can form.
- Her thesis traced the cell movements behind emboly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBOLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about EMBOLY
- Is EMBOLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBOLY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBOLY worth?
- EMBOLY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBOLY mean?
- The inward growth or folding of one part of an early embryo into another, as when a hollow ball of cells is pushed in to make a pocket.
- What letters can be added to EMBOLY?
- No single letter can be added to EMBOLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EMBOLY:
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