GENTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GENTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GENTRY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GENTRY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GENTRY
Front hooks — 1
agentryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How GENTRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GENTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about GENTRY
- GENTRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GENTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
People of good birth and social standing who rank just below the nobility.
In English history the gentry were landowners who held no title yet lived on rents from their estates, and they ran much of local life as magistrates and officeholders. The word is a collective noun and takes a plural verb in British usage. Novelists of the nineteenth century often use it for the county families who set the tone of a rural neighbourhood.
How GENTRY is used
Historical and literary in flavour; the phrase landed gentry names the property-owning families specifically.
- The local gentry came to the harvest supper in their best carriages.
- He was born into the gentry but had little money left.
- The gentry of the county hunted twice a week.
- A novel about the gentry and their servants was on the shelf.
- Neither peasants nor gentry could escape the new tax.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GENTRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GENTRY
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Common questions about GENTRY
- Is GENTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GENTRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GENTRY worth?
- GENTRY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GENTRY mean?
- People of good birth and social standing who rank just below the nobility.
- What letters can be added to GENTRY?
- GENTRY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GENTRY:
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