CALAMARY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CALAMARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALAMARY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALAMARY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALAMARY
No single letter turns CALAMARY into another word.
How CALAMARY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CALAMARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALAMARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALAMARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A squid, especially one of the genus Loligo.
Calamary is the older English form of the name now more often written calamari when the squid appears on a menu. As a living animal it is a ten-armed cephalopod that squirts ink to escape danger.
How CALAMARY is used
Used in zoology and cookery, mostly in older or formal writing.
- A calamary darted away in a cloud of ink.
- Fishermen netted a calamary at dawn.
- The calamary changed colour as it moved over the reef.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALAMARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CALAMARY
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Common questions about CALAMARY
- Is CALAMARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALAMARY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALAMARY worth?
- CALAMARY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALAMARY mean?
- A squid, especially one of the genus Loligo.
- What letters can be added to CALAMARY?
- No single letter can be added to CALAMARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CALAMARY:
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