MISSILRY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MISSILRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISSILRY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISSILRY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISSILRY
No single letter turns MISSILRY into another word.
How MISSILRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MISSILRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISSILRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MISSILRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The science and practice of designing, building and launching guided missiles, or missiles considered as a group.
Missilry gained currency during the Cold War, when rocket programmes dominated defence news. It treats missiles as a field of engineering, not as individual weapons.
How MISSILRY is used
Missilry is a technical word used in defence and aerospace writing.
- The engineer spent a career working in missilry.
- Advances in missilry changed military planning in the 1960s.
- A museum exhibit traced the history of missilry from early rockets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISSILRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MISSILRY
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Common questions about MISSILRY
- Is MISSILRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISSILRY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISSILRY worth?
- MISSILRY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISSILRY mean?
- The science and practice of designing, building and launching guided missiles, or missiles considered as a group.
- What letters can be added to MISSILRY?
- No single letter can be added to MISSILRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MISSILRY:
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