EMYDE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. EMYDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMYDE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMYDE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMYDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
emydesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMYDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EMYDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 71,295.
What stands out about EMYDE
- EMYDE 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 EMYDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyrare
A genus of freshwater turtle, sometimes named an emyd or emys, found mainly in ponds and slow-moving water.
Emyde names a group of freshwater turtles studied in older zoological classification, related to the more familiar pond turtles found across much of the world. Naturalists once used emyde, emyd and emys almost interchangeably for these terrapins, and modern taxonomy has since reorganised many of the species once grouped under this name. The word appears today mainly in older natural history writing or specialised reference works rather than in everyday descriptions of turtles. Despite its rarity, emyde always points to the same broad picture of a small, freshwater, pond-dwelling turtle.
How EMYDE is used
Rare and technical, found mainly in older zoological texts rather than everyday nature writing.
- The naturalist sketched an emyde basking on a half-submerged log.
- Older field guides list the emyde among freshwater turtle species.
- A small emyde slipped off the rock as they approached the pond.
- The museum case displayed a preserved emyde specimen.
- Researchers compared the shell pattern of the emyde with related species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMYDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMYDE
1 longer words begin with EMYDE.
Shorter words from the letters in EMYDE
Common questions about EMYDE
- Is EMYDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMYDE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMYDE worth?
- EMYDE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMYDE mean?
- A genus of freshwater turtle, sometimes named an emyd or emys, found mainly in ponds and slow-moving water.
- What letters can be added to EMYDE?
- EMYDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EMYDE:
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