DAIRY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DAIRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAIRY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAIRY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAIRY
No single letter turns DAIRY into another word.
How DAIRY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DAIRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about DAIRY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DAIRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A building, room, or business concerned with producing, processing, or selling milk and milk products such as butter and cheese.
On a farm, a dairy is the room or building where milk is collected, cooled, and sometimes turned into butter or cheese, while a dairy farm is one kept mainly for producing milk. In towns, a dairy can also be a small shop that sells milk and related goods, or more broadly, a company that processes and distributes dairy products on a large scale. As an adjective, dairy describes anything made from or related to milk, as in dairy cattle or a dairy-free diet.
How DAIRY is used
Used both as a countable noun, as in the farm has a dairy, and as an adjective before another noun, as in dairy products.
- Every morning the farmer carried fresh milk to the dairy.
- The family ran a small dairy that sold cheese at the local market.
- She switched to a dairy-free diet after developing an intolerance.
- The dairy herd was moved to fresh pasture each week.
- A new dairy plant opened on the edge of town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAIRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAIRY
The 5 tiles of DAIRY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DAIRY
6 longer words begin with DAIRY.
Words ending in DAIRY
1 words end in DAIRY. Useful as a back hook: play DAIRY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DAIRY
Common questions about DAIRY
- Is DAIRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAIRY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAIRY worth?
- DAIRY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAIRY mean?
- A building, room, or business concerned with producing, processing, or selling milk and milk products such as butter and cheese.
- What letters can be added to DAIRY?
- No single letter can be added to DAIRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DAIRY:
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