BARMY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BARMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARMY?
| 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 BARMY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARMY
No single letter turns BARMY into another word.
How BARMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BARMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does BARMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
British informal word for crazy, foolish or slightly mad.
Barmy is a lively piece of British slang used to call an idea, a plan or a person ridiculous or slightly unhinged, usually without real malice. The word comes from barm, the froth that forms on fermenting beer, so calling someone barmy originally compared their head to something bubbling and unsettled rather than calm and clear. It appears constantly in British newspapers and everyday speech, often in phrases like a barmy idea or the barmy army, the nickname English cricket fans gave themselves for their enthusiastic away support. Because it is strongly associated with British English, American writers tend to reach for crazy or nuts instead.
How BARMY is used
A British informal word, common in newspapers and everyday speech, and rarely used in American English.
- It would be barmy to cancel the trip now.
- His friends thought the plan was completely barmy.
- The barmy army followed the team to every match.
- She had a barmy idea about painting the fence orange.
- That is a barmy excuse if I ever heard one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARMY
The 5 tiles of BARMY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BARMY
Common questions about BARMY
- Is BARMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARMY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARMY worth?
- BARMY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARMY mean?
- British informal word for crazy, foolish or slightly mad.
- What letters can be added to BARMY?
- No single letter can be added to BARMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BARMY:
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