ENEMY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ENEMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENEMY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENEMY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENEMY
No single letter turns ENEMY into another word.
How ENEMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ENEMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does ENEMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person, group, or nation that is actively hostile or opposed to another, or that seeks to cause harm.
Enemy ranges from a single personal rival, as in he made an enemy of his old business partner, to an entire hostile nation or its armed forces during wartime. The word also stretches beyond people entirely, so writers speak of an enemy of progress or call stress the enemy of good sleep, treating any harmful force as a kind of opponent.
How ENEMY is used
Used for personal rivals, for opposing armed forces in war, and figuratively for anything that works against a goal.
- The general studied the enemy's position before dawn.
- Years of betrayal turned a close friend into a bitter enemy.
- Rust is the enemy of any well-kept engine.
- Soldiers dug in as the enemy advanced through the valley.
- She made an unexpected enemy by speaking out at the meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENEMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ENEMY
2 words end in ENEMY. Useful as a back hook: play ENEMY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ENEMY
Common questions about ENEMY
- Is ENEMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENEMY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENEMY worth?
- ENEMY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENEMY mean?
- A person, group, or nation that is actively hostile or opposed to another, or that seeks to cause harm.
- What letters can be added to ENEMY?
- No single letter can be added to ENEMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ENEMY:
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