EMMET is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. EMMET 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 EMMET?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMMET is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMMET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
emmetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMMET scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EMMET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 190,120.
What does EMMET mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectBritish
A dialect word for an ant, and, in the southwest of England, an informal, slightly mocking word for a tourist.
Emmet is an old English word for ant, once widespread but now heard mainly in rural dialect and older literature, where standard English has largely settled on ant instead. In Cornwall especially, emmet took on a second life as a nickname for holidaymakers, who, like a swarm of ants, arrive in large numbers each summer and crowd the narrow streets. Locals use the tourist sense good-humouredly more often than unkindly, and it remains common in everyday Cornish speech.
How EMMET is used
The insect sense is archaic and dialectal; the tourist sense is current informal usage, chiefly in Cornwall.
- The old rhyme spoke of emmet and bee working side by side.
- A line of emmet crossed the garden path in the heat.
- The seaside town filled with emmet every August.
- Locals grumbled good-naturedly about the emmet clogging the harbour car park.
- She joked that the beach was crawling with emmet by noon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMMET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMMET
6 longer words begin with EMMET.
Shorter words from the letters in EMMET
Common questions about EMMET
- Is EMMET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMMET, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMMET worth?
- EMMET is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMMET mean?
- A dialect word for an ant, and, in the southwest of England, an informal, slightly mocking word for a tourist.
- What letters can be added to EMMET?
- EMMET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EMMET:
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