EMBOSK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EMBOSK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBOSK?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBOSK is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBOSK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
embosksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBOSK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EMBOSK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What does EMBOSK mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryrare
To hide or conceal someone or something among leaves and greenery.
To embosk is to tuck something away under a covering of foliage, so that a person or a house seems to melt into the trees. The word is rare and belongs to old-fashioned poetic writing, where it is often used of a figure who hides oneself in a bower or an arbor. It is built on an old word for a bush or thicket. Writers today usually pick plainer verbs such as hide or screen.
How EMBOSK is used
Rare and literary; mostly met in dictionaries and in word lists.
- He chose to embosk himself in the garden arbor for the afternoon.
- The poet liked to embosk her cottage behind a wall of ivy.
- Thick willows seemed to embosk the little boat from view.
- They would embosk the path with branches to hide it from the road.
- Few modern writers would embosk a character that way.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBOSK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EMBOSK
The 6 tiles of EMBOSK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EMBOSK
3 longer words begin with EMBOSK.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBOSK
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Common questions about EMBOSK
- Is EMBOSK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBOSK, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBOSK worth?
- EMBOSK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBOSK mean?
- To hide or conceal someone or something among leaves and greenery.
- What letters can be added to EMBOSK?
- EMBOSK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EMBOSK:
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