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EMPTY

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What EMPTY Means

  1. verb: make void or empty of contents“Empty the box”
  2. verb: become empty or void of its content“The room emptied”
  3. adjective: holding or containing nothing“an empty glass”
  4. adjective: devoid of significance or force“empty promises”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EMPTY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 M3 P3 T1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In EMPTY

20 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.

4 letter words (7)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing EMPTY

EMPTY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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