AWRY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AWRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AWRY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWRY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AWRY
No single letter turns AWRY into another word.
How AWRY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AWRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does AWRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Away from the expected course; wrong.
Awry is built from an older word meaning twisted — the same one behind a wry smile. It is almost always used after a verb about going, and it never stands in front of a noun.
How AWRY is used
After the verb, never before the noun.
- The whole plan went awry in the second week.
- The word awry is built on an older one meaning twisted.
- Nothing went awry that anybody was willing to admit.
- A wry smile and something going awry share a root.
- Awry never stands in front of a noun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AWRY
The 4 tiles of AWRY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in AWRY
1 words end in AWRY. Useful as a back hook: play AWRY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in AWRY
Common questions about AWRY
- Is AWRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWRY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWRY worth?
- AWRY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWRY mean?
- Away from the expected course; wrong.
- What letters can be added to AWRY?
- No single letter can be added to AWRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AWRY:
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