INFIRMARY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. INFIRMARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFIRMARY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFIRMARY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFIRMARY
No single letter turns INFIRMARY into another word.
How INFIRMARY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INFIRMARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INFIRMARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INFIRMARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place in a school, prison or similar institution where the sick are looked after.
An infirmary is smaller than a full hospital. Boarding schools and monasteries kept one on site, and in Britain the word also survives in the names of some older city hospitals.
How INFIRMARY is used
Used for sick wards within institutions and for some traditional hospitals.
- The boy with a fever was sent to the school infirmary.
- The monks kept a small infirmary for elderly brothers.
- He worked as a nurse in the Royal Infirmary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFIRMARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INFIRMARY
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Common questions about INFIRMARY
- Is INFIRMARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFIRMARY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFIRMARY worth?
- INFIRMARY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFIRMARY mean?
- A place in a school, prison or similar institution where the sick are looked after.
- What letters can be added to INFIRMARY?
- No single letter can be added to INFIRMARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INFIRMARY:
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