FRY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FRY 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 FRY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRY is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRY
No single letter turns FRY into another word.
How FRY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does FRY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cook something in hot fat.
Fry covers two quite different operations that English refuses to separate: a shallow pan with a little fat, and a deep one with a great deal. The unrelated noun meaning young fish is older, and small fry for people of no importance comes straight from it.
How FRY is used
Transitive and intransitive. The unrelated noun means young fish.
- Fry the onions before anything else goes in.
- They fry the fish in batter and serve it in paper.
- A pan that hot will fry rather than seal.
- They released the fry into the stream in April.
- He is small fry and knows it perfectly well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FRY
9 longer words begin with FRY.
Words ending in FRY
6 words end in FRY. Useful as a back hook: play FRY onto a word already on the board.
Words with FRY inside
2 words contain FRY in the middle. Words that start with FRY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FRY
Common questions about FRY
- Is FRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRY worth?
- FRY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRY mean?
- To cook something in hot fat.
- What letters can be added to FRY?
- No single letter can be added to FRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FRY:
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