MOORY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MOORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOORY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOORY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOORY
No single letter turns MOORY into another word.
How MOORY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What stands out about MOORY
- The letters of MOORY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MOORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialectrare
Resembling or relating to a moor; marshy, boggy, or covered in peaty soil.
Moory ground typically stays wet underfoot, holding water in a dark, peaty layer that makes walking difficult and farming impractical. Writers use moory chiefly to describe wild, open landscapes such as heathland or fenland rather than cultivated fields. The word is closely related to moorish, though moory appears more often in older or regional writing.
How MOORY is used
Rare and mostly literary or regional, describing marshy or peaty land.
- They trudged across the moory ground toward the ridge.
- A moory stretch of land separated the two villages.
- The path grew moory and difficult after the rain.
- Few trees grew on the moory hillside.
- She described the moory fen as beautiful but treacherous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOORY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOORY
The 5 tiles of MOORY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MOORY
Common questions about MOORY
- Is MOORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOORY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOORY worth?
- MOORY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOORY mean?
- Resembling or relating to a moor; marshy, boggy, or covered in peaty soil.
- What letters can be added to MOORY?
- No single letter can be added to MOORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOORY:
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