GLAIRY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GLAIRY 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 GLAIRY?
| 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 GLAIRY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLAIRY
No single letter turns GLAIRY into another word.
How GLAIRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GLAIRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What does GLAIRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Slimy, sticky and clear, like raw egg white.
Cooks and naturalists use glairy for anything that has the thin, slippery look of uncooked egg white, from a poorly cooked custard to the coating on a snail or a patient's throat. It comes from glair, an old word for egg white used in medieval book painting. The adjective is uncommon and carries a note of dislike.
How GLAIRY is used
Uncommon; usually describes a texture that seems unpleasant.
- The soup had a glairy film on the surface.
- He spat out a glairy mouthful of mucus.
- The raw egg left a glairy trail on the plate.
- Her description of the jellyfish as glairy made the children squirm.
- The artist painted over the glairy varnish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLAIRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GLAIRY
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Common questions about GLAIRY
- Is GLAIRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLAIRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLAIRY worth?
- GLAIRY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLAIRY mean?
- Slimy, sticky and clear, like raw egg white.
- What letters can be added to GLAIRY?
- No single letter can be added to GLAIRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GLAIRY:
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