What EMBANKS Means
EMBANKS is a form of EMBANK, which means:
- verb: enclose with banks, as for support or protection“The river was embanked with a dyke”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EMBANKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 M3 B3 A1 N1 K5 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In EMBANKS
145 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (29)
AMENSBAKENBAKESBANESBANKSBASENBEAKSBEAMSBEANSBEMASKAMESKANESKASMEKEMBSMABESMAKESMANESMANSEMEANSMENSANABESNABKSNAMESNEMASSAMEKSAMENSKEANSNAKESNEAK
4 letter words (56)
AKESAMENAMESANESBAKEBAMSBANEBANKBANSBASEBASKBEAKBEAMBEANBEMABENSEANSKABSKAESKAMEKANEKANSKEASKEBSKEMBKENSMABEMAESMAKEMAKSMANEMANSMASEMASKMEANMESAMNASNABENABKNABSNAMENAMSNEBSNEKSNEMASABESAKESAMESANESANKSEAMSEANSENASKENSNABSNEB
3 letter words (43)
ABSAKEAMEANEANSASKBAMBANBASBENBESEANEASEMSENSKABKAEKAMKASKEAKEBKENMAEMAKMANMASMENMESMNANABNAENAMNASNEBNEKSABSAESAMSANSEASENSKASMA
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.