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Is embroil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word embroil is a Scrabble US word. The word embroil is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is embroil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word embroil is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is embroil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word embroil is a Words With Friends word. The word embroil is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

EMBROIL,

6-letter words (9 found)

BEMOIL,BOILER,EMBOIL,EMBOLI,LIBERO,LIMBER,MOBILE,MOILER,REBOIL,

5-letter words (23 found)

BIOME,BIRLE,BLORE,BOREL,BROIL,BROME,LIBER,LIMBO,MERIL,MILER,MILOR,MOBIE,MOBLE,MOILE,MOIRE,MOREL,OBELI,OILER,OMBER,OMBRE,ORIEL,REOIL,ROBLE,

4-letter words (46 found)

BERM,BIER,BILE,BIRL,BIRO,BOIL,BOLE,BORE,BORM,BREI,BRIE,BRIM,BRIO,EMIR,EORL,LEIR,LIER,LIMB,LIME,LIMO,LIRE,LOBE,LOBI,LOIR,LOME,LORE,MERI,MERL,MILE,MILO,MIRE,MIRO,MOBE,MOER,MOIL,MOLE,MORE,OMER,ORLE,RIEL,RIEM,RILE,RIME,ROBE,ROIL,ROLE,

3-letter words (39 found)

BEL,BIO,BOI,BOR,BRO,ELM,EMO,ERM,IRE,LEI,LIB,LIE,LOB,LOR,MEL,MIB,MIL,MIR,MOB,MOE,MOI,MOL,MOR,OBE,OBI,OIL,OLE,OLM,ORB,ORE,REB,REI,REM,REO,RIB,RIM,ROB,ROE,ROM,

2-letter words (18 found)

BE,BI,BO,EL,EM,ER,IO,LI,LO,ME,MI,MO,OB,OE,OI,OM,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 137 words from embroil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of embroil

embroil

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɹɔɪl/, /ɛm-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əmˈbɹɔɪl/, /ɛm-/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪl
  • Hyphenation: em‧broil

Etymology 1

The verb is borrowed from French embrouiller (“to entangle”), from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in; into’)) + brouiller (“to confuse, mix up”) (ultimately from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre, from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew; mixture”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”)).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

embroil (third-person singular simple present embroils, present participle embroiling, simple past and past participle embroiled) (transitive)

  1. To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
  2. To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
  • broil
  • imbroglio
Translations

Noun

embroil (plural embroils) (obsolete)

  1. A state of confusion or uproar; a commotion, a disturbance; also, a quarrel.
  2. A state of anxiety or disturbance of the mind.

Etymology 2

From em- (a variant of en- (intensifying prefix)) + broil (“to expose to great heat; (obsolete) to burn”) (from Late Middle English broilen, brulen (“to burn; to scorch, singe; (cooking) to broil, grill”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Old French bruler, bruillir, brusler (“to burn”) (modern French brûler), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrew- (“to boil; to brew”)).

Verb

embroil (third-person singular simple present embroils, present participle embroiling, simple past and past participle embroiled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To set (something) on fire; to burn (something).
Derived terms
  • embroiling (adjective) (obsolete)

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Source: wiktionary.org