BARBARITY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BARBARITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARBARITY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARBARITY is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARBARITY
No single letter turns BARBARITY into another word.
How BARBARITY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BARBARITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARBARITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARBARITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Extreme cruelty or brutality, or an act that shows it.
Writers reach for barbarity when an event shocks them with its savagery, such as the treatment of prisoners in war. A second, older meaning stresses a lack of civilisation or refinement rather than violence.
How BARBARITY is used
Used in news, history and moral argument for cruel actions and conditions.
- The report condemned the barbarity of the attack.
- Historians recorded the barbarity of the siege in great detail.
- Such barbarity has no place in a civilised society.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARBARITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BARBARITY
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Common questions about BARBARITY
- Is BARBARITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARBARITY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARBARITY worth?
- BARBARITY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARBARITY mean?
- Extreme cruelty or brutality, or an act that shows it.
- What letters can be added to BARBARITY?
- No single letter can be added to BARBARITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BARBARITY:
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