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Is empty a Scrabble word?

Yes, empty is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of empty?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (computing, programming, mathematics) Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).Antonyms: non-empty

2. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.Examples: "And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation."; "For that fair femal Troop thou sawst, that seemd Of Goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all good wherein consists Womans domestic honour and chief praise;"obsolete

3. (of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.Examples: "Empty cow rates have increased in recent years."

4. (obsolete, of a plant or tree) Producing nothing; unfruitful.Examples: "an empty vine"; "[…] and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East wind[…]"obsolete

5. (oenology) Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.Examples: "Grotesquely vegetal, excessively oaked, empty wines were routinely produced in the mid-1980s. Since the late 1980s, however, the quality has soared."Synonyms: hollow

verb (English)

1. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.Examples: "to empty a well or a cistern"; "The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film."; "The suspected thief was requested to empty her pockets."Synonyms: void#Verb, evacuateergativetransitive

2. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.Examples: "Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River."; "Of these the Rhine empties into the Northern ocean and the Danube into the Euxine."intransitive

noun (English)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.Examples: "Put the empties out to be recycled."; "The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields."; "A shaft runround was made to conduct the empties from the tippler to the empty side of the shaft where they would rejoin the old circuit."in-plural

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "empty"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "empty"?

Scrabble
12 points
E1
M3
P3
T1
Y4
Words With Friends
13 points
E1
M4
P4
T1
Y4

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