BAWDRY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BAWDRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAWDRY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAWDRY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAWDRY
No single letter turns BAWDRY into another word.
How BAWDRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BAWDRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about BAWDRY
- BAWDRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BAWDRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Lewd or obscene talk or writing.
Bawdry belongs to older English and covers coarse jokes and indecent stories. Long ago it also meant the act of procuring lovers for others.
How BAWDRY is used
Bawdry is archaic and mostly seen in discussion of old plays and ballads.
- The old play is full of bawdry.
- The preacher condemned the bawdry of the tavern songs.
- His bawdry made the ladies leave the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAWDRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAWDRY
The 6 tiles of BAWDRY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BAWDRY
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Common questions about BAWDRY
- Is BAWDRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAWDRY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAWDRY worth?
- BAWDRY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAWDRY mean?
- Lewd or obscene talk or writing.
- What letters can be added to BAWDRY?
- No single letter can be added to BAWDRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BAWDRY:
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