GANTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GANTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GANTRY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANTRY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANTRY
No single letter turns GANTRY into another word.
How GANTRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GANTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What stands out about GANTRY
- GANTRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GANTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tall bridge-like frame that carries equipment such as a crane, signals or lights above the ground.
Railways put a gantry across several tracks so that signals can be seen over the top of the trains, and docks use one to carry a travelling crane along its rails. A rocket stands beside a service gantry so that engineers can reach it before launch. The word comes from an old term for a stand that held barrels, and that meaning has gradually widened to any raised supporting frame.
How GANTRY is used
A general technical word; it turns up in railways, shipping, motorways and space launches.
- The signal hung from a steel gantry above the four tracks.
- A gantry swung the heavy container off the ship and onto the quay.
- Workers climbed the gantry to reach the top of the rocket.
- Cameras on the motorway gantry record every passing lorry.
- Beer barrels once rested on a wooden gantry in the cellar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANTRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GANTRY
The 6 tiles of GANTRY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in GANTRY
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Common questions about GANTRY
- Is GANTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANTRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANTRY worth?
- GANTRY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANTRY mean?
- A tall bridge-like frame that carries equipment such as a crane, signals or lights above the ground.
- What letters can be added to GANTRY?
- No single letter can be added to GANTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GANTRY:
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