IMBRUE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. IMBRUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMBRUE?
| 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 IMBRUE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMBRUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMBRUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in IMBRUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does IMBRUE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To soak or stain something, especially the hands or a blade, with blood or another liquid.
Imbrue is a literary verb best known from older poetry and historical prose, where people imbrue their hands or swords in blood. It carries a grim, solemn tone and is almost never used about water or paint. Both spellings, imbrue and embrue, existed, with imbrue now the more usual one.
How IMBRUE is used
Literary and rare; nearly always in the phrase to imbrue one's hands in blood.
- He would not imbrue his hands in the blood of a friend.
- The old ballad tells how knights imbrue their swords in battle.
- Tyrants imbrue the land with the blood of the innocent.
- She refused to imbrue her conscience with such a deed.
- The chronicler wrote that they would imbrue the field before dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMBRUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IMBRUE
The 6 tiles of IMBRUE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with IMBRUE
4 longer words begin with IMBRUE.
Shorter words from the letters in IMBRUE
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Common questions about IMBRUE
- Is IMBRUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMBRUE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMBRUE worth?
- IMBRUE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMBRUE mean?
- To soak or stain something, especially the hands or a blade, with blood or another liquid.
- What letters can be added to IMBRUE?
- IMBRUE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of IMBRUE:
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