DESCRY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DESCRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESCRY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESCRY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESCRY
No single letter turns DESCRY into another word.
How DESCRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DESCRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What stands out about DESCRY
- DESCRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The same 6 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 DESCRY mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To catch sight of something that is far off or hard to see, and to make it out.
The word carries a sense of effort: a person may descry a ship on the horizon or a light in the dark only after looking hard. It is not the same as simply seeing, because the thing is faint, distant or partly hidden. Writers prefer it for sea and landscape scenes in older or literary prose. It is a different word from describe, even though the two look alike.
How DESCRY is used
Literary; used in descriptive and older writing.
- From the cliff top they could just descry a sail.
- He tried to descry the shape moving in the fog.
- You can descry the tower on a clear morning.
- No one could descry the cause of the strange glow.
- She strained to descry a face in the crowd below.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESCRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DESCRY
The 6 tiles of DESCRY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DESCRY
1 longer words begin with DESCRY.
Shorter words from the letters in DESCRY
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Common questions about DESCRY
- Is DESCRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESCRY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESCRY worth?
- DESCRY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESCRY mean?
- To catch sight of something that is far off or hard to see, and to make it out.
- What letters can be added to DESCRY?
- No single letter can be added to DESCRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DESCRY:
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