NATATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NATATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NATATORY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NATATORY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NATATORY
No single letter turns NATATORY into another word.
How NATATORY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NATATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NATATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NATATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to swimming, or adapted for it.
Biologists call a fin or a webbed foot natatory when it helps an animal swim. In architecture the word belongs to the swimming pool, as in a natatory hall.
How NATATORY is used
Natatory is formal and appears in zoology and descriptions of pools.
- The duck uses its natatory feet to paddle across the pond.
- The hotel has a spacious natatory hall with a glass roof.
- Fossil fins showed clear natatory adaptation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NATATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NATATORY
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Common questions about NATATORY
- Is NATATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NATATORY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NATATORY worth?
- NATATORY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NATATORY mean?
- Relating to swimming, or adapted for it.
- What letters can be added to NATATORY?
- No single letter can be added to NATATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NATATORY:
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