AZURY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. AZURY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AZURY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AZURY is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AZURY
No single letter turns AZURY into another word.
How AZURY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AZURY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does AZURY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicpoetic
Azure; of a clear, deep sky-blue colour.
Azury is an older spelling used by poets to describe a sky or sea of vivid blue, and it means the same as the more familiar word azure. It has not survived into everyday modern English.
How AZURY is used
Archaic and poetic; met in older verse rather than in modern writing.
- The poem praised the azury calm of the evening sky.
- An azury haze hung over the distant hills.
- Her eyes were described as azury in the old ballad.
- The azury sea stretched unbroken to the horizon.
- Painters of the period favoured an azury wash for their skies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AZURY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AZURY
Common questions about AZURY
- Is AZURY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AZURY is not in it.
- How many points is AZURY worth?
- AZURY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AZURY mean?
- Azure; of a clear, deep sky-blue colour.
- What letters can be added to AZURY?
- No single letter can be added to AZURY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AZURY:
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