EMYD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. EMYD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMYD?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMYD is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMYD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMYD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EMYD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does EMYD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A freshwater tortoise or terrapin.
Emyd is a general term for the pond turtles rather than any one species, and it is rare outside older zoological writing. The word came into English through Latin from Greek.
How EMYD is used
Countable: an emyd, two emyds.
- An emyd is a group and not a species.
- The word emyd came through Latin from Greek.
- Older zoological writing uses emyd freely.
- Two emyds of different genera in the same pond.
- An emyd lives in fresh water and not the sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMYD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EMYD
The 4 tiles of EMYD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EMYD
3 longer words begin with EMYD.
Shorter words from the letters in EMYD
Common questions about EMYD
- Is EMYD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMYD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMYD worth?
- EMYD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMYD mean?
- A freshwater tortoise or terrapin.
- What letters can be added to EMYD?
- EMYD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EMYD:
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