KERRY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KERRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KERRY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KERRY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KERRY
Front hooks — 1
skerryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How KERRY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KERRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 209,132.
What does KERRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small, hardy breed of black dairy cattle originally from County Kerry in Ireland.
The kerry is one of the oldest cattle breeds in Europe, developed to survive on the poor, wet mountain pasture of south-west Ireland where larger breeds struggled. A kerry gives a modest volume of milk but with a notably high butterfat content, which made the breed valuable to small farms before larger commercial dairy breeds became dominant. It is related to, but stockier and shorter-legged than, the closely associated Dexter breed.
How KERRY is used
Used mainly in agricultural and livestock writing about this rare Irish cattle breed.
- The smallholding kept a small herd of kerry cattle on the hillside.
- A kerry produces less milk than a Friesian but richer in fat.
- Breed societies work to keep the kerry from disappearing entirely.
- The show entry included two kerry cows and a young bull.
- Old farm records describe the kerry as well suited to poor grazing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KERRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in KERRY
1 words end in KERRY. Useful as a back hook: play KERRY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in KERRY
Common questions about KERRY
- Is KERRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KERRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KERRY worth?
- KERRY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KERRY mean?
- A small, hardy breed of black dairy cattle originally from County Kerry in Ireland.
- What letters can be added to KERRY?
- KERRY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KERRY:
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