HERYE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HERYE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HERYE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERYE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERYE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HERYE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HERYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does HERYE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To praise someone or something and hold it as holy, an old spelling recorded in Spenser.
To herye is to give high praise, treating the person or thing praised as sacred rather than merely admirable. The word is one of several old spellings, alongside herry and hery, all tracing back to a Middle English root for praising or honoring. It never settled into a fixed modern form and now appears only in older verse and reference lists.
How HERYE is used
Archaic verb found chiefly in older poetry and glossaries, not in current speech.
- The knights would herye their lady in every song.
- Old verses herye the saint with lines of solemn praise.
- To herye a ruler that way was common in medieval poetry.
- The chorus seems written simply to herye the fallen hero.
- Editors note that herye and hery share the same old root.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HERYE
2 longer words begin with HERYE.
Shorter words from the letters in HERYE
Common questions about HERYE
- Is HERYE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HERYE is not in it.
- How many points is HERYE worth?
- HERYE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERYE mean?
- To praise someone or something and hold it as holy, an old spelling recorded in Spenser.
- What letters can be added to HERYE?
- HERYE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HERYE:
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