SURETY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SURETY 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 SURETY?
| 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 SURETY 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 SURETY
No single letter turns SURETY into another word.
How SURETY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SURETY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does SURETY mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A person who takes responsibility for another person's promise, or a pledge or security given to guarantee it.
In law a surety may be a person who agrees to pay a debt or to make sure that someone appears in court, and the term can also mean the money or property put up as the guarantee. The word comes from the Old French seurete, meaning safety or certainty, and the older sense of simple certainty lingers in the phrase for a surety, meaning without doubt. A judge might release an accused person only if a surety stands behind the promise to return.
How SURETY is used
Legal and financial term; the phrase for a surety is somewhat old-fashioned.
- The judge asked for a surety before releasing him.
- Her uncle agreed to act as surety for the loan.
- The company put up property as surety against the debt.
- Nobody can say for a surety when the road will reopen.
- A bank often wants a surety when lending to a new business.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURETY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SURETY
The 6 tiles of SURETY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SURETY
3 longer words begin with SURETY.
Shorter words from the letters in SURETY
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Common questions about SURETY
- Is SURETY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURETY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURETY worth?
- SURETY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURETY mean?
- A person who takes responsibility for another person's promise, or a pledge or security given to guarantee it.
- What letters can be added to SURETY?
- No single letter can be added to SURETY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SURETY:
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