VESTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. VESTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VESTRY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VESTRY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VESTRY
No single letter turns VESTRY into another word.
How VESTRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VESTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about VESTRY
- VESTRY 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 VESTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A room in or beside a church where the clergy put on their robes and where robes and sacred vessels are kept.
The vestry is also used for small meetings, and the word came to mean the meeting itself: in many English parishes, the vestry once managed local affairs such as roads and the care of the poor. In some churches today, a vestry is an elected body that helps run the congregation. Another word for the room is sacristy.
How VESTRY is used
Used for the church room, for the parish meeting, and in some churches for the governing committee.
- The priest changed his robes in the vestry before the service.
- The vestry smelled of candle wax and old wood.
- A meeting of the vestry was held to approve the repairs.
- The choir waited in the vestry until the bell rang.
- She was elected to the vestry at the annual meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VESTRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VESTRY
2 longer words begin with VESTRY.
Shorter words from the letters in VESTRY
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Common questions about VESTRY
- Is VESTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VESTRY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VESTRY worth?
- VESTRY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VESTRY mean?
- A room in or beside a church where the clergy put on their robes and where robes and sacred vessels are kept.
- What letters can be added to VESTRY?
- No single letter can be added to VESTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VESTRY:
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