CONTRARILY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CONTRARILY 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 CONTRARILY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONTRARILY is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONTRARILY
No single letter turns CONTRARILY into another word.
How CONTRARILY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CONTRARILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONTRARILY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONTRARILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In an opposite way, or in a stubbornly disobedient manner.
Contrarily describes acting against what was expected or against another course of action. It can also hint at a person who disagrees out of habit.
How CONTRARILY is used
Less common than on the contrary and conversely.
- The tide ran contrarily to the wind that day.
- She answered contrarily, just to annoy him.
- Contrarily, the figures rose when the experts had predicted a fall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONTRARILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CONTRARILY
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Common questions about CONTRARILY
- Is CONTRARILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONTRARILY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONTRARILY worth?
- CONTRARILY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONTRARILY mean?
- In an opposite way, or in a stubbornly disobedient manner.
- What letters can be added to CONTRARILY?
- No single letter can be added to CONTRARILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CONTRARILY:
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