CARRY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CARRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARRY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARRY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARRY
Front hooks — 1
scarryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CARRY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CARRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 139,421.
What does CARRY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To hold or support something while moving it from one place to another.
Carry is one of the most basic and frequent verbs in English, covering everything from physically lugging a bag to figuratively carrying a responsibility, a tune or a conversation. It extends naturally into set phrases such as carry on, carry out and carry away, and into technical uses like carrying a number in arithmetic or carrying stock in a shop.
How CARRY is used
Extremely common everyday word, used both literally and in many fixed phrasal forms.
- She had to carry the heavy boxes up three flights of stairs.
- He offered to carry her suitcase to the taxi.
- The bridge was built to carry heavy freight trains.
- Please carry this message to the front desk.
- The soloist managed to carry the whole performance alone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARRY
17 longer words begin with CARRY.
Words ending in CARRY
4 words end in CARRY. Useful as a back hook: play CARRY onto a word already on the board.
Words with CARRY inside
3 words contain CARRY in the middle. Words that start with CARRY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CARRY
Common questions about CARRY
- Is CARRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARRY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARRY worth?
- CARRY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARRY mean?
- To hold or support something while moving it from one place to another.
- What letters can be added to CARRY?
- CARRY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CARRY:
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