MIRY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MIRY 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 MIRY?
| 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 MIRY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIRY
No single letter turns MIRY into another word.
How MIRY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MIRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does MIRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Boggy; covered with deep mud.
Miry is the adjective from a noun for a bog, and it survives mostly in older translations of the Bible. Modern writing reaches for a longer phrase every single time.
How MIRY is used
Before and after the noun. Archaic.
- A miry stretch of track that swallowed a boot.
- The word miry comes from a noun for a bog.
- Older Bible translations use miry often.
- The ground was miry for a hundred yards.
- Modern writing avoids miry entirely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MIRY
The 4 tiles of MIRY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in MIRY
2 words end in MIRY. Useful as a back hook: play MIRY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in MIRY
Common questions about MIRY
- Is MIRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIRY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIRY worth?
- MIRY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIRY mean?
- Boggy; covered with deep mud.
- What letters can be added to MIRY?
- No single letter can be added to MIRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MIRY:
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