Unscramble EMBOLDENED and you have 202 words, EMBOLDENED itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. EMBOLDEN is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from EMBOLDENED by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 42 with 5, 54 with 4, 51 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words from EMBOLDENED, MOBLED leads with 11 points, then BENDED and BODDLE on 10. NEEDED, BLONDE and DEEMED are the familiar ones.
DEMOB and EMBED share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EMBOLDENED. MODEL, ENDED and NOBLE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in EMBOLDENED, MOBE leads with 8 points, then BEDE and BEND on 7. BEEN, NEED and DONE are the familiar ones.
MOB tops the 3-letter words made with EMBOLDENED letters at 7 points; next come BED and BOD on 6. ONE, END and OLD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EMBOLDENED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
EMBOLDENED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EMBOLDENED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMBOLDENED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 156 | 202 | 148 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
46 of the 202 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOLDENED, BODDLE, LEMONED, MEDLED, BELEED, BOLDEN, MOBLE, NEEMB, OLDENED, BODLE, DEBEL, LEDDEN and 34 more. 8 of the 202 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BOLDED, DEMOED, BELON, DOBE, EELED, EMO, LEDE and OLDE.