PASTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PASTRY 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 PASTRY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PASTRY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PASTRY
No single letter turns PASTRY into another word.
How PASTRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PASTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about PASTRY
- PASTRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PASTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Baked dough made from flour and fat, or a small cake made from it.
Pastry covers both the raw material and the finished treats. Cooks speak of shortcrust, puff and choux pastry, each made by working the fat into the flour in a different way, while a baker sells a pastry such as a croissant or a turnover. The word is related to paste, since the dough begins as a paste of flour and water.
How PASTRY is used
Everyday word in cooking and shopping.
- Roll the pastry thin before lining the tin.
- She ate a flaky pastry with her morning coffee.
- The pie had a golden crust of butter pastry.
- Puff pastry needs a very cold kitchen.
- The window of the bakery was full of pastry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PASTRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PASTRY
2 longer words begin with PASTRY.
Shorter words from the letters in PASTRY
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Common questions about PASTRY
- Is PASTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PASTRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PASTRY worth?
- PASTRY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PASTRY mean?
- Baked dough made from flour and fat, or a small cake made from it.
- What letters can be added to PASTRY?
- No single letter can be added to PASTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PASTRY:
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