OWLERY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OWLERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OWLERY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OWLERY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OWLERY
No single letter turns OWLERY into another word.
How OWLERY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OWLERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What stands out about OWLERY
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OWLERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place where owls live or are kept, such as a building, loft or enclosure.
An owlery can be a real shelter, such as a barn loft or a bird sanctuary with a row of perches, or an imagined one in a story. The word follows the pattern of rookery and aviary, adding a familiar ending to the name of the bird. Young readers know it best from fantasy novels, where a tower owlery serves as a post office for magical mail.
How OWLERY is used
Rare outside fiction and wildlife writing.
- The sanctuary built a new owlery for the rescued birds.
- Every morning the keeper cleaned the owlery before opening to visitors.
- In the story, letters were carried up to the owlery at the top of the tower.
- An old hayloft made a snug owlery for the barn owls.
- The children drew a picture of an owlery with twelve perches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OWLERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OWLERY
The 6 tiles of OWLERY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OWLERY
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Common questions about OWLERY
- Is OWLERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OWLERY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OWLERY worth?
- OWLERY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OWLERY mean?
- A place where owls live or are kept, such as a building, loft or enclosure.
- What letters can be added to OWLERY?
- No single letter can be added to OWLERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OWLERY:
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