NONARY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NONARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONARY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONARY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONARY
No single letter turns NONARY into another word.
How NONARY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NONARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does NONARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A group or set of nine things.
Nonary comes from the Latin nonus, meaning ninth, and it belongs with the family of binary, ternary and decimal. As an adjective it describes counting or notation in base nine. A nonary of anything, such as a nine-day festival or a team of nine, is a rarity outside mathematics and word games.
How NONARY is used
Rare; mostly seen in mathematics and in word-game lists.
- The poem is arranged as a nonary of short verses.
- A nonary of players took the field.
- She sorted the cards into a neat nonary.
- The monk recited a nonary of prayers over nine days.
- Each nonary on the list was checked twice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONARY
Common questions about NONARY
- Is NONARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONARY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONARY worth?
- NONARY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONARY mean?
- A group or set of nine things.
- What letters can be added to NONARY?
- No single letter can be added to NONARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NONARY:
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