EMO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. EMO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMO?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMO is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EMO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does EMO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A style of guitar music with confessional lyrics.
Emo is clipped from emotional hardcore and named the style before it named the people who listened to it, which is the usual order for these things. The clothes and the hair came later, and they are what most people now mean by the word.
How EMO is used
Noun and adjective. Countable for a person.
- The word emo is clipped from emotional hardcore.
- An emo haircut dates a photograph within three years.
- Emo named the music before it named the audience.
- Two emos in a school of nine hundred.
- He went through an emo phase and denies it now.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EMO
The 3 tiles of EMO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EMO
Showing 24 of 70 words that begin with EMO.
Words ending in EMO
8 words end in EMO. Useful as a back hook: play EMO onto a word already on the board.
Words with EMO inside
Showing 24 of 1115 words that contain EMO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EMO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EMO
Common questions about EMO
- Is EMO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMO worth?
- EMO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMO mean?
- A style of guitar music with confessional lyrics.
- What letters can be added to EMO?
- EMO takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EMO:
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