HYDRIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HYDRIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYDRIA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYDRIA is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYDRIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hydriaeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HYDRIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HYDRIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does HYDRIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A large ancient Greek jar with three handles, used for carrying and storing water.
A hydria is a rounded clay or bronze water pot with two small side handles for lifting and one upright handle at the back for pouring and carrying. Women drew water from public fountains in these jars, and the shape appears often in the painted scenes on surviving Greek pottery. The name comes from the Greek word for water, which also gives English its hydro- words, and the vessel is a staple of museum collections of antiquity.
How HYDRIA is used
A term of archaeology and art history; the plural is hydriai or hydrias.
- The museum keeps a painted hydria from the fifth century.
- A woman balances a full hydria on her head in the scene.
- Each hydria had a vertical handle at the back for pouring.
- The excavators found a bronze hydria beside the well.
- She sketched the curve of the hydria from three angles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYDRIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYDRIA
1 longer words begin with HYDRIA.
Shorter words from the letters in HYDRIA
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Common questions about HYDRIA
- Is HYDRIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYDRIA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYDRIA worth?
- HYDRIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYDRIA mean?
- A large ancient Greek jar with three handles, used for carrying and storing water.
- What letters can be added to HYDRIA?
- HYDRIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HYDRIA:
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