Word of the day · Saturday, October 31, 2026

emblic

noun

The Indian gooseberry, a tree of South and Southeast Asia, or its sour, pale green fruit, also called amla.

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin emblica, from Arabic amlaj, from Persian and ultimately Sanskrit amalaka.

Worth knowing

The fruit is very high in vitamin C and very sour. It is eaten pickled, candied or cooked into preserves, and is a common ingredient in hair oils.

By the letters

• 6letters
• 2vowels (A E I O U)
• noneuncommon letters
• 6different letters

Playing it

EMBLIC and EMBLEM share their first four letters, so a board that offers EMBL can go either way depending on the last two letters.

Anagrams

Words that use exactly the same letters as EMBLIC. See anagram.

• limbec

In Unsaid

EMBLIC was word of the day number 13 in Unsaid, a falling-letter word game where every player gets the same word on the same date. As a word it scores 900 points. Under the current rules, spelling it as the word of the day is worth a bonus of 9,800 reading down or 7,350 reading across, before any streak. How the bonus works.