FAIRY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FAIRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAIRY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAIRY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAIRY
No single letter turns FAIRY into another word.
How FAIRY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FAIRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does FAIRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small imaginary being with magical powers, often pictured in human form and linked with folklore and fairy tales.
A fairy is pictured in countless different ways across folklore, from tiny winged sprites hiding among flowers to taller, more human-like figures who help or trick mortals in old stories. Fairy tales built an entire genre around such magical beings, weaving fairies into stories of wishes granted, curses cast and enchanted forests. The adjective fairy describes anything belonging to or resembling these creatures, as in fairy dust or a fairy ring of mushrooms said to mark where they dance. Beyond folklore, fairy also names a group of small, brightly coloured hummingbirds found in Central and South America, an unrelated but long-established use of the word.
How FAIRY is used
Common in everyday speech, children's stories and folklore, referring to the magical creature and things associated with it.
- The children believed a fairy left coins under their pillow.
- A fairy ring of mushrooms appeared overnight on the lawn.
- The story followed a mischievous fairy who granted three wishes.
- Fairy dust sparkled across the stage in the school play.
- The naturalist photographed a tiny fairy hummingbird in the rainforest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAIRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAIRY
13 longer words begin with FAIRY.
Shorter words from the letters in FAIRY
Common questions about FAIRY
- Is FAIRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAIRY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAIRY worth?
- FAIRY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAIRY mean?
- A small imaginary being with magical powers, often pictured in human form and linked with folklore and fairy tales.
- What letters can be added to FAIRY?
- No single letter can be added to FAIRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FAIRY:
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