CINERARY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CINERARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CINERARY?
| 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 CINERARY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CINERARY
No single letter turns CINERARY into another word.
How CINERARY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CINERARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CINERARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CINERARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to or holding the ashes of a cremated body.
A cinerary urn is the vessel in which ashes are kept, and archaeologists find ancient ones in graves. The word comes from the Latin for ashes, cinis.
How CINERARY is used
Formal; usually modifies urn, jar or casket.
- A cinerary urn sat on the shelf.
- The dig uncovered a Roman cinerary jar.
- The cinerary casket was carved from marble.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CINERARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CINERARY
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Common questions about CINERARY
- Is CINERARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CINERARY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CINERARY worth?
- CINERARY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CINERARY mean?
- Relating to or holding the ashes of a cremated body.
- What letters can be added to CINERARY?
- No single letter can be added to CINERARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CINERARY:
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