OARY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. OARY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept OARY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OARY is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OARY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OARY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does OARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
poetic
Resembling an oar in shape or function, especially of a limb used for swimming.
Naturalists once used the word oary to describe the flattened, propelling legs of diving birds and amphibians. The image comes from rowing, though no actual boat or blade is involved when the term appears in older nature writing.
How OARY is used
Chiefly literary or poetic; rarely seen in ordinary modern prose.
- The oary wings of the swimming bird sliced through the water.
- An oary rhythm carried the otter swiftly across the pond.
- The old poem described an oary motion propelling the boat forward.
- Scientists studied the oary limbs of the diving beetle up close.
- Steady oary strokes moved the swimmer through the lake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in OARY
5 words end in OARY. Useful as a back hook: play OARY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in OARY
Common questions about OARY
- Is OARY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and OARY is not in it.
- How many points is OARY worth?
- OARY is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OARY mean?
- Resembling an oar in shape or function, especially of a limb used for swimming.
- What letters can be added to OARY?
- OARY takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OARY:
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