GLARY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GLARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLARY?
| 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 GLARY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLARY
No single letter turns GLARY into another word.
How GLARY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does GLARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Uncomfortably or dazzlingly bright, especially with a hard, glaring light.
Glary light has an intensity that makes the eyes want to squint or turn away, unlike a softer glow that is merely bright. Writers often reach for glary to describe harsh sunlight bouncing off snow, water, or pavement, where the reflected light feels sharper than the light itself. The word is close in meaning to glaring but is used specifically of light and weather rather than of a face or expression.
How GLARY is used
Chiefly descriptive of harsh light or weather; less common than glaring but understood in the same sense.
- The glary noon sun made everyone reach for sunglasses.
- Snow under a glary sky is hard on the eyes.
- She squinted against the glary reflection off the windshield.
- The beach felt glary and hot by midafternoon.
- A glary haze hung over the parking lot all day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GLARY
The 5 tiles of GLARY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in GLARY
2 words end in GLARY. Useful as a back hook: play GLARY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GLARY
Common questions about GLARY
- Is GLARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLARY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLARY worth?
- GLARY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLARY mean?
- Uncomfortably or dazzlingly bright, especially with a hard, glaring light.
- What letters can be added to GLARY?
- No single letter can be added to GLARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLARY:
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