EMBRITTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EMBRITTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBRITTLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBRITTLE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBRITTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBRITTLE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EMBRITTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMBRITTLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EMBRITTLE
- EMBRITTLE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EMBRITTLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To make a material brittle, or to become brittle, so that it cracks or snaps instead of bending.
Engineers meet embrittle most often when metals, plastics or glass lose toughness after cold, radiation or long exposure to chemicals. It names the change itself, not the finished state of being fragile.
How EMBRITTLE is used
Used in materials science and engineering, usually about metals and plastics.
- Years of intense radiation can embrittle the steel wall of a reactor vessel.
- Hydrogen in the weld may embrittle the joint and cause it to fail without warning.
- Cold weather will embrittle cheap plastic until it shatters when dropped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBRITTLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBRITTLE
4 longer words begin with EMBRITTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBRITTLE
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Common questions about EMBRITTLE
- Is EMBRITTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBRITTLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBRITTLE worth?
- EMBRITTLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBRITTLE mean?
- To make a material brittle, or to become brittle, so that it cracks or snaps instead of bending.
- What letters can be added to EMBRITTLE?
- EMBRITTLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EMBRITTLE:
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