DEARY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEARY 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 DEARY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEARY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEARY
No single letter turns DEARY into another word.
How DEARY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about DEARY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 DEARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A term of endearment used to address someone affectionately, sometimes with a sarcastic or condescending tone.
Deary began as a warm way of addressing a loved one, close in feeling to dear or darling, and it is still heard that way from older speakers toward children or close family. Over time the word also picked up a sharper, mocking edge, so that calling someone deary can now sound patronising rather than affectionate, depending on tone. The variant spelling dearie is just as common and carries exactly the same range of meaning.
How DEARY is used
Informal address term; tone determines whether it reads as fond or faintly mocking.
- Come in out of the cold, deary, said the old woman.
- Listen here, deary, that excuse will not work twice.
- Grandmother always called the youngest child her little deary.
- The shopkeeper greeted every customer with a cheerful hello, deary.
- Oh deary me, he sighed, staring at the mess.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEARY
The 5 tiles of DEARY in a different order — 4 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DEARY
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Common questions about DEARY
- Is DEARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEARY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEARY worth?
- DEARY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEARY mean?
- A term of endearment used to address someone affectionately, sometimes with a sarcastic or condescending tone.
- What letters can be added to DEARY?
- No single letter can be added to DEARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEARY:
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