EMBROWN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EMBROWN 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 EMBROWN?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMBROWN is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBROWN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
embrownsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBROWN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EMBROWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does EMBROWN mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To make or become brown or dark, as skin does in the sun.
Poets use embrown for the colour that sun, smoke or age leaves on things. It can describe a face tanned by summer or a loaf baking in an oven. The verb is uncommon, and most speakers would say brown or tan instead.
How EMBROWN is used
A literary verb for turning brown.
- Long days at sea would embrown his face.
- The late sun began to embrown the wheat.
- Smoke had served to embrown the old rafters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBROWN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBROWN
3 longer words begin with EMBROWN.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBROWN
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Common questions about EMBROWN
- Is EMBROWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBROWN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBROWN worth?
- EMBROWN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBROWN mean?
- To make or become brown or dark, as skin does in the sun.
- What letters can be added to EMBROWN?
- EMBROWN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EMBROWN:
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