Is EMBANKED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, EMBANKED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does EMBANKED mean?
Embanked is a form of EMBANK.
- verb
enclose with banks, as for support or protection
“The river was embanked with a dyke”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
8
Letters
E (1) + M (3) + B (3) + A (1) + N (1) + K (5) + E (1) + D (2) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for EMBANKED
EMBANKED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from EMBANKED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- embank14
- banked13
- beaked13
- debeak13
- beadmen12
- bedeman12
- benamed12
- baked12
- badmen11
- beamed11
- bedamn11
- bemean10
- bename10
- embed10
- knead10
- kneed10
- naked10
- bake10
- bank10
- beak10
- kame10
- make10
- meek10
- beaned9
- demean9
- akene9
- maneb9
- dank9
- deke9
- eked9
- kab9
- adeem8
- admen8
- amend8
- baned8
- edema8
- emend8
- maned8
- menad8
- named8
- akee8
- beam8
- bema8
- kane8
- keen8
- knee8
- mabe8
- dak8
- enema7
- abed7
- bade7
- band7
- bead7
- bend7
- dame7
- damn7
- deem7
- deme7
- made7
- mead7
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