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Is emprise a Scrabble word?

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

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Is emprise a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is emprise a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word emprise is a Words With Friends word. The word emprise is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (8 found)

EMPIRES,EMPRISE,EPIMERS,IMPRESE,PERMIES,PREMIES,PREMISE,SPIREME,

6-letter words (13 found)

EMPIRE,EPIMER,EPRISE,ESPIER,MISERE,PERMIE,PREMIE,PRIMES,REMISE,SEMPER,SEMPRE,SIMPER,SPIREM,

5-letter words (34 found)

EMIRS,EPRIS,MEERS,MERES,MERIS,MERSE,MIRES,MISER,PEERS,PEISE,PERES,PERIS,PERMS,PERSE,PIERS,PREES,PREMS,PRESE,PRIES,PRIME,PRIMS,PRISE,PRISM,RIEMS,RIMES,RIPES,SEMIE,SIREE,SPEER,SPEIR,SPERM,SPIER,SPIRE,SPREE,

4-letter words (51 found)

EMES,EMIR,ERES,IMPS,IRES,MEER,MEES,MERE,MERI,MESE,MIPS,MIRE,MIRS,MISE,PEER,PEES,PERE,PERI,PERM,PIER,PIES,PIRS,PISE,PREE,PREM,PRIM,REES,REIS,REMS,REPS,RIEM,RIME,RIMS,RIPE,RIPS,RISE,RISP,SEEM,SEEP,SEER,SEIR,SEME,SEMI,SERE,SIMP,SIPE,SIRE,SMEE,SMIR,SPIE,SPIM,

3-letter words (34 found)

EME,EMS,ERE,ERM,ERS,IMP,IRE,ISM,MEE,MES,MIR,MIS,PEE,PER,PES,PIE,PIR,PIS,PRE,PSI,REE,REI,REM,REP,RES,RIM,RIP,SEE,SEI,SER,SIM,SIP,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (11 found)

EE,EM,ER,ES,IS,ME,MI,PE,PI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 152 words from emprise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of emprise

emprise

Alternative forms

  • emprize

Etymology

Noun is from Middle English emprise, from Old French emprise, emprinse, from Late Latin *imprensa, from Latin in- + prehendere (“to take”). The verb is from emprisen, from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈpɹaɪz/

Noun

emprise (plural emprises)

  1. (archaic) An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
  2. (archaic) The qualities which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits; chivalric prowess.

Verb

emprise (third-person singular simple present emprises, present participle emprising, simple past and past participle emprised)

  1. (obsolete) To undertake.

References

  • “emprise”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • “emprise”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

  • empires, epimers, imprese, permies, premies, premise, spireme

French

Etymology

Compare Italian impresa, Spanish empresa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁiz/

Noun

emprise f (plural emprises)

  1. expropriation
  2. domination, control, influence

Further reading

  • “emprise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Noun

emprise oblique singular, f (oblique plural emprises, nominative singular emprise, nominative plural emprises)

  1. enterprise; undertaking; activity

Derived terms

  • emprisier

Descendants

  • → English: emprise
  • French: emprise

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (emprise)

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