INDUSTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INDUSTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INDUSTRY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INDUSTRY is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INDUSTRY
No single letter turns INDUSTRY into another word.
How INDUSTRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INDUSTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INDUSTRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INDUSTRY
- All 8 letters of INDUSTRY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INDUSTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Economic activity that makes goods or provides a particular kind of service, or steady hard work.
Industry can mean the whole of factory production in a country, or one branch such as the film or tourism trade. An older sense is plain diligence, as in the proverb about industry bringing reward. Context shows which meaning applies.
How INDUSTRY is used
Industry is used for manufacturing and trade sectors and, in older style, for diligence.
- The steel industry employs thousands in the region.
- Tourism is the main industry of the island.
- Her industry won the respect of colleagues.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INDUSTRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INDUSTRY
1 longer words begin with INDUSTRY.
Shorter words from the letters in INDUSTRY
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Common questions about INDUSTRY
- Is INDUSTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INDUSTRY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INDUSTRY worth?
- INDUSTRY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INDUSTRY mean?
- Economic activity that makes goods or provides a particular kind of service, or steady hard work.
- What letters can be added to INDUSTRY?
- No single letter can be added to INDUSTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INDUSTRY:
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