EMEROD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. EMEROD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMEROD?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMEROD is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMEROD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
emerodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMEROD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EMEROD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,035.
What does EMEROD mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old English word for a swollen vein at the anus, the same ailment now called a haemorrhoid.
Older translations of the Bible use the plural emerods for a painful affliction sent on a people, which is how many readers meet the word. It is a worn-down spelling of the Greek-based medical term, and it was sometimes written emrod or emeroid. Modern writers use haemorrhoid or the colloquial piles instead.
How EMEROD is used
Archaic; found in old translations and quoted texts, not in current speech.
- The old text tells of an emerod sent as a plague.
- He copied the word emerod from a seventeenth-century Bible.
- An emerod troubled the old sailor on long watches.
- The doctor of that age spoke of an emerod rather than a haemorrhoid.
- The scholar noted that emerod is simply an older spelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMEROD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EMEROD
The 6 tiles of EMEROD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EMEROD
1 longer words begin with EMEROD.
Shorter words from the letters in EMEROD
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Common questions about EMEROD
- Is EMEROD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMEROD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMEROD worth?
- EMEROD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMEROD mean?
- An old English word for a swollen vein at the anus, the same ailment now called a haemorrhoid.
- What letters can be added to EMEROD?
- EMEROD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EMEROD:
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