EMBRUE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. EMBRUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMBRUE?
| 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 EMBRUE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMBRUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMBRUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EMBRUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 188,140.
What stands out about EMBRUE
- EMBRUE 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 EMBRUE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To soak or stain something, especially with blood.
Embrue turns up mostly in older poetry and war stories, where hands or swords are said to be embrued in blood. It is a spelling variant of imbrue, which is the form dictionaries list first. The word is rare in modern prose and tends to be met in old ballads and histories more often than in conversation.
How EMBRUE is used
Archaic and literary; found in old verse rather than in current speech.
- The poet wrote that the knight would embrue his blade in the enemy's blood.
- Never again would he embrue his hands in such a fight.
- Old ballads often embrue the battlefield in crimson.
- She refused to embrue her family name in scandal.
- The tyrant did not hesitate to embrue the throne room floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMBRUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMBRUE
4 longer words begin with EMBRUE.
Shorter words from the letters in EMBRUE
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Common questions about EMBRUE
- Is EMBRUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMBRUE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMBRUE worth?
- EMBRUE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMBRUE mean?
- To soak or stain something, especially with blood.
- What letters can be added to EMBRUE?
- EMBRUE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EMBRUE:
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