HERONRY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HERONRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERONRY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERONRY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERONRY
No single letter turns HERONRY into another word.
How HERONRY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HERONRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 463,182.
What does HERONRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A place where herons nest and breed, often in a group of tall trees.
Herons nest together in colonies, and the heronry is the site of those nests, noisy in spring and easy to spot from the stick platforms in the treetops. Conservation groups count heronry sites each year because the birds return to the same place for decades.
How HERONRY is used
Birdwatchers speak of a heronry when they refer to a nesting colony of herons.
- The heronry in the old oaks holds thirty nests.
- We visited the heronry before the chicks fledged.
- A new heronry formed beside the lake last spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERONRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HERONRY
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Common questions about HERONRY
- Is HERONRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERONRY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERONRY worth?
- HERONRY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERONRY mean?
- A place where herons nest and breed, often in a group of tall trees.
- What letters can be added to HERONRY?
- No single letter can be added to HERONRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HERONRY:
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