IMBED is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. IMBED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMBED?
| 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 IMBED is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMBED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMBED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in IMBED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does IMBED mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fix or set something firmly into a surrounding mass, material, or environment; a variant spelling of embed.
Imbed and embed are simply two spellings of the same word, and dictionaries treat them as equivalent, though embed has become by far the more common form in modern print. To imbed something is to plant it firmly within a larger substance, whether that means pressing a stone into wet cement, lodging a splinter under the skin, or placing a journalist within a military unit to report from close up. Because the two spellings mean exactly the same thing, a writer's choice between imbed and embed is mostly a matter of habit rather than meaning.
How IMBED is used
Older or less common variant spelling of embed; both spellings are pronounced the same and used the same way.
- Workers used to imbed steel rods deep into the concrete foundation.
- The old manual instructs readers to imbed the bolt before the mixture sets.
- A tiny splinter had become imbedded under her fingernail.
- The reporter was imbedded with the unit for several weeks.
- Ancient craftsmen would imbed small jewels into the metal surface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMBED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IMBED
The 5 tiles of IMBED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with IMBED
3 longer words begin with IMBED.
Words ending in IMBED
8 words end in IMBED. Useful as a back hook: play IMBED onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in IMBED
Common questions about IMBED
- Is IMBED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMBED, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMBED worth?
- IMBED is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMBED mean?
- To fix or set something firmly into a surrounding mass, material, or environment; a variant spelling of embed.
- What letters can be added to IMBED?
- IMBED takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of IMBED:
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