FORMICARY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. FORMICARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORMICARY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORMICARY is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORMICARY
No single letter turns FORMICARY into another word.
How FORMICARY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FORMICARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORMICARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FORMICARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A nest of ants, or an artificial container in which ants are kept for study.
A formicary can be a mound in a meadow or a glass-sided box where a colony builds visible tunnels. The word comes from the Latin for ant and is mostly used by naturalists.
How FORMICARY is used
Used in entomology and natural history; formicarium is a related form.
- The children watched the busy formicary through the glass.
- A large formicary rose beside the old pine.
- The teacher set up a formicary to show how ants dig.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORMICARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FORMICARY
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Common questions about FORMICARY
- Is FORMICARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORMICARY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORMICARY worth?
- FORMICARY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORMICARY mean?
- A nest of ants, or an artificial container in which ants are kept for study.
- What letters can be added to FORMICARY?
- No single letter can be added to FORMICARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FORMICARY:
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