GURRY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GURRY 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 GURRY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GURRY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GURRY
No single letter turns GURRY into another word.
How GURRY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GURRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 209,132.
What does GURRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americaninformal
The waste parts of fish, especially the entrails and blood, left over after cleaning or processing a catch; also, loosely, thick mud or slush.
On a fishing boat or at a processing dock, gurry piles up quickly once the crew begins gutting the catch, and disposing of it properly matters because the smell attracts gulls and other scavengers. The word narrowed over time to this fishing sense in North American usage, even though older dictionaries also list looser meanings such as ordinary refuse or mud underfoot. Fishermen sometimes use gurry as bait or grind it into fertilizer rather than simply dumping it, since it still has some value even after the good flesh has been removed. The word rarely appears outside contexts connected to boats, docks, and the fishing trade.
How GURRY is used
Chiefly North American and tied to the fishing industry; informal rather than a strict technical term.
- Buckets of gurry sat steaming on the dock after the morning catch.
- He shoveled the gurry overboard before the smell got worse.
- Gulls circled the boat, drawn by the smell of fresh gurry.
- The old bait shop sold barrels of gurry to lobstermen.
- Her boots were caked in gurry by the end of the shift.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GURRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GURRY
Common questions about GURRY
- Is GURRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GURRY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GURRY worth?
- GURRY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GURRY mean?
- The waste parts of fish, especially the entrails and blood, left over after cleaning or processing a catch; also, loosely, thick mud or slush.
- What letters can be added to GURRY?
- No single letter can be added to GURRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GURRY:
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