EMBOWEL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EMBOWEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBOWEL?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBOWEL is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBOWEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
embowelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBOWEL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EMBOWEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 947,417.
What does EMBOWEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To take out the bowels or inner organs of; also, to bury or enclose deep within something.
Older writers used embowel for cleaning a fish or animal before cooking and for hiding something in the depths of a place. Today the form disembowel has taken over the first sense. You will meet embowel mainly in historical or poetic texts.
How EMBOWEL is used
An old verb found in historical prose and poetry.
- The cook would embowel the fowl before roasting it.
- Miners embowel the hillside in search of ore.
- The old text describes how to embowel a hare.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBOWEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBOWEL
7 longer words begin with EMBOWEL.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBOWEL
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Common questions about EMBOWEL
- Is EMBOWEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBOWEL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBOWEL worth?
- EMBOWEL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBOWEL mean?
- To take out the bowels or inner organs of; also, to bury or enclose deep within something.
- What letters can be added to EMBOWEL?
- EMBOWEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EMBOWEL:
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