DRYAS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DRYAS 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 DRYAS?
| 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 DRYAS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRYAS
No single letter turns DRYAS into another word.
How DRYAS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DRYAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about DRYAS
- 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 DRYAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of low-growing, white-flowered plants found in arctic and alpine regions, commonly called mountain avens.
Dryas plants form dense, cushion-like mats close to the ground, an adaptation that helps them survive cold winds on mountain slopes and tundra. Fossil pollen from dryas is so closely tied to cold climates that geologists named a period of abrupt cooling near the end of the last ice age the Younger Dryas after it. The genus name comes from the Greek dryad, a wood nymph, chosen for the plant's leaves resembling small oak leaves.
How DRYAS is used
Encountered mainly in botany, alpine ecology, and geology when discussing ancient climate records.
- Patches of dryas covered the exposed ridge above the tree line.
- Botanists surveyed the dryas growing along the glacial moraine.
- The white flowers of dryas appear soon after the snow melts.
- Geologists linked the pollen layer to dryas and a sudden cold snap.
- Hikers photographed dryas clinging to the rocky alpine slope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRYAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DRYAS
The 5 tiles of DRYAS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DRYAS
2 longer words begin with DRYAS.
Words ending in DRYAS
1 words end in DRYAS. Useful as a back hook: play DRYAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with DRYAS inside
1 words contain DRYAS in the middle. Words that start with DRYAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DRYAS
Common questions about DRYAS
- Is DRYAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRYAS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRYAS worth?
- DRYAS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRYAS mean?
- A genus of low-growing, white-flowered plants found in arctic and alpine regions, commonly called mountain avens.
- What letters can be added to DRYAS?
- No single letter can be added to DRYAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DRYAS:
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