ENGINERY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ENGINERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENGINERY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENGINERY is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENGINERY
No single letter turns ENGINERY into another word.
How ENGINERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENGINERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENGINERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ENGINERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Engines and machines considered together, especially those used in war.
Enginery gathers machines into one body, so a writer can speak of the enginery of a factory or a fleet. In older books it often meant siege weapons, and in modern use it can describe any complex apparatus.
How ENGINERY is used
A literary or old-fashioned collective noun.
- The enginery of war rolled toward the walls.
- He admired the humming enginery of the great mill.
- All the enginery of the ship lay below deck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENGINERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENGINERY
The 8 tiles of ENGINERY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ENGINERY
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Common questions about ENGINERY
- Is ENGINERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENGINERY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENGINERY worth?
- ENGINERY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENGINERY mean?
- Engines and machines considered together, especially those used in war.
- What letters can be added to ENGINERY?
- No single letter can be added to ENGINERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENGINERY:
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