ARMY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ARMY 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 ARMY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARMY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARMY
Front hooks — 1
barmyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ARMY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does ARMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
An organised military force.
Army came through French from a Latin word meaning armed, so it named the equipment before it named the people carrying it. The sense about any large group is sixteenth-century.
How ARMY is used
Countable; the plural changes the y.
- The army was cut and the reserve was cut further.
- The word army named equipment before people.
- An army of volunteers is a sixteenth-century use.
- A standing army was a constitutional argument for centuries.
- Two army units in the same barracks and no shared kitchen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARMY
The 4 tiles of ARMY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARMY
2 longer words begin with ARMY.
Words ending in ARMY
2 words end in ARMY. Useful as a back hook: play ARMY onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARMY inside
2 words contain ARMY in the middle. Words that start with ARMY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARMY
Common questions about ARMY
- Is ARMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARMY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARMY worth?
- ARMY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARMY mean?
- An organised military force.
- What letters can be added to ARMY?
- ARMY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARMY:
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