HEMI is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. HEMI is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 9 points there.
Which word lists accept HEMI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEMI is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEMI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HEMI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HEMI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does HEMI mean in Scrabble?
noun
An engine in which the space above each piston is half a sphere.
The form lets the valves sit at an angle and gives the gas a clean path, which is worth power at high revolutions and costs money to build. Hemi became a brand as much as a description in American cars from the 1950s on, and a hemi badge on a bonnet says as much about the decade as about the engineering.
How HEMI is used
Countable: a hemi, two hemis. Also a combining form meaning half, as in hemisphere.
- The car has a hemi under the bonnet and no room for anything else.
- A hemi drinks fuel and everybody who buys one knows it.
- Two hemis were built that year and both survive.
- The hemi badge was worth more than the paint.
- He rebuilt the hemi over three winters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEMI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEMI
Showing 24 of 107 words that begin with HEMI.
Words ending in HEMI
1 words end in HEMI. Useful as a back hook: play HEMI onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEMI inside
Showing 24 of 240 words that contain HEMI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEMI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEMI
Common questions about HEMI
- Is HEMI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEMI, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEMI worth?
- HEMI is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEMI mean?
- An engine in which the space above each piston is half a sphere.
- What letters can be added to HEMI?
- HEMI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HEMI:
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