NUNNERY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NUNNERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUNNERY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUNNERY is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUNNERY
No single letter turns NUNNERY into another word.
How NUNNERY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NUNNERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,390 thousand.
What does NUNNERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community.
A nunnery is the home of a community of women under religious vows, and it is a close match for the word convent. Today the word has a slightly old-fashioned ring and turns up often in historical writing and fiction.
How NUNNERY is used
Used for the residence of a community of nuns, especially in older or historical settings.
- She entered the nunnery at the age of eighteen.
- The old nunnery stood on a hill above the village.
- Bells rang from the nunnery at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUNNERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NUNNERY
Common questions about NUNNERY
- Is NUNNERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUNNERY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUNNERY worth?
- NUNNERY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUNNERY mean?
- A building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community.
- What letters can be added to NUNNERY?
- No single letter can be added to NUNNERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NUNNERY:
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