LARDY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LARDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LARDY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LARDY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LARDY
No single letter turns LARDY into another word.
How LARDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LARDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does LARDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Containing or resembling lard; greasy and fatty in texture or taste.
Food described as lardy has a heavy, greasy quality, often because it has been cooked in or coated with lard. The word is common in British home cooking, most familiarly in lardy cake, a rich, sweet bread enriched with lard, sugar, and dried fruit. Away from baking, lardy can also describe pastry or meat that simply feels too fatty for the dish.
How LARDY is used
Lardy is informal and mainly British, most often heard in descriptions of baking or heavy cooking.
- The pastry came out lardy and heavy instead of light and flaky.
- Grandma's lardy cake was the first thing to disappear at the fair.
- He complained that the sausage rolls tasted too lardy for his liking.
- A lardy crust weighs down what should be a crisp pie.
- The bakery sells a traditional lardy loaf every Friday morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LARDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LARDY
The 5 tiles of LARDY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LARDY
Common questions about LARDY
- Is LARDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LARDY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LARDY worth?
- LARDY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LARDY mean?
- Containing or resembling lard; greasy and fatty in texture or taste.
- What letters can be added to LARDY?
- No single letter can be added to LARDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LARDY:
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