SALARY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SALARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALARY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALARY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALARY
No single letter turns SALARY into another word.
How SALARY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SALARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does SALARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fixed sum of money paid to an employee for a year of work, usually in monthly instalments.
A salary differs from an hourly wage because it stays the same however many hours are worked in a given week. The word goes back to the Latin for salt money, and a popular story links it to Roman soldiers, though historians doubt that tale. Job adverts quote the salary as a yearly figure.
How SALARY is used
Used for office and professional posts; manual jobs more often speak of wages.
- Her salary rose after the promotion.
- The advert listed a salary of forty thousand.
- He lives on a modest salary.
- They agreed on a salary before signing the contract.
- The salary of a teacher depends on years of service.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SALARY
3 longer words begin with SALARY.
Shorter words from the letters in SALARY
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Common questions about SALARY
- Is SALARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALARY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALARY worth?
- SALARY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALARY mean?
- A fixed sum of money paid to an employee for a year of work, usually in monthly instalments.
- What letters can be added to SALARY?
- No single letter can be added to SALARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SALARY:
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