EMBOW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. EMBOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBOW?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBOW is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
embowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBOW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EMBOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does EMBOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To bend or arch something into the shape of a bow.
Embow describes shaping something, such as a beam, bridge, or piece of metal, into a curved arch. The word appears mainly in older architectural and literary description rather than everyday speech, where words like arch or curve now serve instead. Writers once used embow to give a formal, almost decorative quality to descriptions of vaulted ceilings or bent structures. Today the term survives chiefly in historical texts and dictionaries of archaic English.
How EMBOW is used
Archaic and literary; largely replaced by arch or curve in modern writing.
- The old description tells how the masons would embow each stone rib.
- Vines seemed to embow the garden gate into a leafy arch.
- The poet chose the word embow to picture the sky curving above the hills.
- Craftsmen would embow the wooden beams for the chapel roof.
- The bridge's frame seems to embow gracefully across the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBOW
19 longer words begin with EMBOW.
Words with EMBOW inside
8 words contain EMBOW in the middle. Words that start with EMBOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBOW
Common questions about EMBOW
- Is EMBOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBOW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBOW worth?
- EMBOW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBOW mean?
- To bend or arch something into the shape of a bow.
- What letters can be added to EMBOW?
- EMBOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EMBOW:
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