BARRATRY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BARRATRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARRATRY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARRATRY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARRATRY
No single letter turns BARRATRY into another word.
How BARRATRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BARRATRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARRATRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARRATRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The practice of stirring up groundless lawsuits or quarrels; also a wrongful act by a ship's master against the owners.
Barratry once also meant buying and selling church or state offices. In marine insurance it names fraud or illegal conduct by crew that harms the ship's owner.
How BARRATRY is used
A legal and maritime-insurance term.
- The old statute punished barratry as a crime against the courts.
- The insurer refused to pay because the loss was caused by barratry.
- Accusations of barratry followed the captain's unauthorised sale of cargo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARRATRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BARRATRY
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Common questions about BARRATRY
- Is BARRATRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARRATRY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARRATRY worth?
- BARRATRY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARRATRY mean?
- The practice of stirring up groundless lawsuits or quarrels; also a wrongful act by a ship's master against the owners.
- What letters can be added to BARRATRY?
- No single letter can be added to BARRATRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BARRATRY:
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