KAURY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KAURY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KAURY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAURY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAURY
No single letter turns KAURY into another word.
How KAURY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAURY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does KAURY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A variant spelling of kauri, a tall coniferous tree of New Zealand valued for its timber and resin.
The kaury is a slow-growing conifer that can live for well over a thousand years and reach an enormous girth, making its wood highly prized for shipbuilding and furniture in the nineteenth century. Its hardened resin, dug from the ground where old trees once stood, was exported as kauri gum for varnish making. The spelling kaury turns up mainly in older texts, while kauri is the form used in modern botanical and general writing.
How KAURY is used
Rare spelling; kauri is the form generally used today in botany and everyday reference to the tree.
- Old survey maps mark the site of a felled kaury forest.
- The settlers cut the kaury for masts and ship timber.
- Resin dug near the old kaury stumps was sold as gum.
- A single ancient kaury can tower over the surrounding bush.
- The nineteenth-century account spells the tree kaury throughout.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAURY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KAURY
Common questions about KAURY
- Is KAURY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KAURY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KAURY worth?
- KAURY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAURY mean?
- A variant spelling of kauri, a tall coniferous tree of New Zealand valued for its timber and resin.
- What letters can be added to KAURY?
- No single letter can be added to KAURY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KAURY:
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