EMMER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. EMMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMMER?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMMER is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMMER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMMER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EMMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 190,120.
What does EMMER mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An ancient hulled species of wheat, with bearded ears and two grains held in each spikelet.
Emmer was among the earliest cereals domesticated in the ancient Near East, and it remained a staple grain across the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia for thousands of years before softer, easier-to-thresh wheats largely replaced it. The tough hull around each grain makes emmer harder to process than modern bread wheat, but the same hardiness let it grow on poor soils where other cereals struggled. Emmer has seen renewed interest recently as a heritage grain used in specialty bread and pasta.
How EMMER is used
Chiefly a technical and historical term in agriculture and archaeology; uncountable, referring to the grain as a crop.
- Archaeologists found charred grains of emmer at the ancient site.
- Farmers once relied on emmer where the soil was too poor for other wheat.
- The bakery now sells bread made partly from emmer flour.
- Emmer was among the first crops cultivated in the Fertile Crescent.
- The museum display explained how emmer was threshed by hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMMER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMMER
1 longer words begin with EMMER.
Words ending in EMMER
3 words end in EMMER. Useful as a back hook: play EMMER onto a word already on the board.
Words with EMMER inside
7 words contain EMMER in the middle. Words that start with EMMER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EMMER
Common questions about EMMER
- Is EMMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMMER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMMER worth?
- EMMER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMMER mean?
- An ancient hulled species of wheat, with bearded ears and two grains held in each spikelet.
- What letters can be added to EMMER?
- EMMER takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EMMER:
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