LACTARY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LACTARY 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 LACTARY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LACTARY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACTARY
No single letter turns LACTARY into another word.
How LACTARY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LACTARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does LACTARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Relating to milk, or looking like milk.
Lactary belongs to an older vocabulary that was drawn straight from Latin lac, milk. As a noun it once meant a dairy house, the place where milk was kept and processed.
How LACTARY is used
The word lactary survives only in dictionaries and in antique writing.
- The plant exudes a lactary juice when cut.
- The old text described a lactary vessel in the veins.
- They built a cool lactary beside the farmhouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACTARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LACTARY
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Common questions about LACTARY
- Is LACTARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACTARY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACTARY worth?
- LACTARY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACTARY mean?
- Relating to milk, or looking like milk.
- What letters can be added to LACTARY?
- No single letter can be added to LACTARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LACTARY:
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