FERRY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FERRY 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 FERRY?
| 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 FERRY 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 FERRY
No single letter turns FERRY into another word.
How FERRY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FERRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 104,566.
What stands out about FERRY
- 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 FERRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A boat or ship that carries passengers, vehicles, or goods on a regular route, usually across a river, strait or short stretch of sea.
A ferry differs from most other passenger vessels in running the same short crossing over and over, often several times a day, rather than making a single long voyage. Islands and cities split by a river or firth have depended on them for centuries, and many modern ferries carry cars and lorries as well as foot passengers, effectively acting as a floating extension of the road. The word also works as a verb, meaning to carry people or things back and forth by any means at all, so a shuttle bus can ferry commuters just as a boat ferries islanders. Where a bridge or tunnel eventually replaces a route, the ferry service is usually the first thing to be cut.
How FERRY is used
Countable as a noun, as in take the ferry or two ferries a day; also a verb meaning to transport back and forth.
- The ferry crosses the strait every forty minutes in summer.
- They missed the last ferry and had to wait until morning.
- A new bridge finally replaced the old car ferry.
- Volunteers used a minibus to ferry supplies to the shelter.
- The island's only ferry was cancelled because of the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FERRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FERRY
The 5 tiles of FERRY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FERRY
5 longer words begin with FERRY.
Shorter words from the letters in FERRY
Common questions about FERRY
- Is FERRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FERRY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FERRY worth?
- FERRY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FERRY mean?
- A boat or ship that carries passengers, vehicles, or goods on a regular route, usually across a river, strait or short stretch of sea.
- What letters can be added to FERRY?
- No single letter can be added to FERRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FERRY:
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