CENTAURY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CENTAURY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENTAURY?
| 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 CENTAURY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENTAURY
No single letter turns CENTAURY into another word.
How CENTAURY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CENTAURY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CENTAURY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CENTAURY
- All 8 letters of CENTAURY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CENTAURY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small plant of the gentian family, usually with pink flowers, found across Europe.
Centaury grows in dry meadows and has long been used in herbal teas for its bitter taste. The name is a reminder of the mythical centaur Chiron, who was said to heal with plants.
How CENTAURY is used
Used by botanists and herbalists; the plural is centauries.
- Pink centaury dotted the dry grassland.
- The herbalist dried the centaury for tea.
- We found a patch of centaury beside the path.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENTAURY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CENTAURY
The 8 tiles of CENTAURY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CENTAURY
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Common questions about CENTAURY
- Is CENTAURY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENTAURY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENTAURY worth?
- CENTAURY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENTAURY mean?
- A small plant of the gentian family, usually with pink flowers, found across Europe.
- What letters can be added to CENTAURY?
- No single letter can be added to CENTAURY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CENTAURY:
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