EMOVE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. EMOVE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EMOVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMOVE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMOVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMOVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EMOVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,648.
What stands out about EMOVE
- EMOVE 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 EMOVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To move someone emotionally; to stir the feelings.
Emove is an old spelling close to the Latin root that also gave English emotion and move itself. Writers used it where a modern speaker would say move or affect, describing a speech, a sight or a piece of music that stirred someone's feelings. The word dropped out of ordinary use centuries ago and now appears mainly in older texts and specialist word lists.
How EMOVE is used
Archaic; met in older texts rather than in current speech.
- The speech did emove the whole assembly to tears.
- Nothing could emove him from his settled calm.
- The word emove once meant simply to move the feelings.
- She was strangely emoved by the old letter.
- A sermon meant to emove rather than merely to inform.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMOVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMOVE
2 longer words begin with EMOVE.
Words ending in EMOVE
2 words end in EMOVE. Useful as a back hook: play EMOVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with EMOVE inside
13 words contain EMOVE in the middle. Words that start with EMOVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EMOVE
Common questions about EMOVE
- Is EMOVE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EMOVE is not in it.
- How many points is EMOVE worth?
- EMOVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMOVE mean?
- To move someone emotionally; to stir the feelings.
- What letters can be added to EMOVE?
- EMOVE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EMOVE:
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