CANARY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CANARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANARY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANARY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANARY
No single letter turns CANARY into another word.
How CANARY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CANARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does CANARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small songbird from the Atlantic islands, bred as a cage bird and best known for its bright yellow plumage and its song.
The wild birds come from the Canary Islands, and the islands, not the birds, supplied the name of the colour canary yellow. Miners once carried canaries underground because the little birds showed distress from poisonous gas before people did, which gave English the phrase canary in a coal mine for an early warning sign. In slang the word has also meant a singer, and an informer who sings to the police.
How CANARY is used
The literal bird is the main sense; figurative uses include the colour, a warning sign, and an informer.
- The canary sang from its cage by the kitchen window.
- Miners trusted a canary to warn them of bad air.
- She painted the nursery a soft canary yellow.
- Falling bee numbers are the canary in the coal mine for the whole farm.
- The gangster feared that his partner had become a canary for the police.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANARY
1 longer words begin with CANARY.
Shorter words from the letters in CANARY
Common questions about CANARY
- Is CANARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANARY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANARY worth?
- CANARY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANARY mean?
- A small songbird from the Atlantic islands, bred as a cage bird and best known for its bright yellow plumage and its song.
- What letters can be added to CANARY?
- No single letter can be added to CANARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANARY:
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