BELFRY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BELFRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELFRY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELFRY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELFRY
No single letter turns BELFRY into another word.
How BELFRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BELFRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about BELFRY
- BELFRY 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 BELFRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The part of a tower, or the tower itself, where bells are hung.
A belfry is the room or upper stage of a tower that holds a bell or bells, and the word is also used for a whole bell tower that stands apart from a church. Town belfries in some regions were symbols of civic pride as much as places for ringing. In medieval warfare the same word named a moving tower that besiegers pushed against a wall.
How BELFRY is used
Common in descriptive writing; the phrase bats in the belfry means eccentric.
- The old belfry rang out across the valley.
- Pigeons nested in the dark belfry above the clock.
- We climbed the narrow stairs to the belfry.
- The town was proud of its tall belfry.
- The besiegers rolled a wooden belfry up to the castle wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELFRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BELFRY
Common questions about BELFRY
- Is BELFRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELFRY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELFRY worth?
- BELFRY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELFRY mean?
- The part of a tower, or the tower itself, where bells are hung.
- What letters can be added to BELFRY?
- No single letter can be added to BELFRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BELFRY:
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