PUPILARY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PUPILARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUPILARY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUPILARY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUPILARY
No single letter turns PUPILARY into another word.
How PUPILARY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PUPILARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PUPILARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PUPILARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the pupil of the eye, or to a pupil under a guardian.
Eye doctors measure pupilary distance to place the lenses of glasses correctly. In older law the same adjective described the stage of life when a young ward was under a guardian.
How PUPILARY is used
Used in optics and medicine; the form pupillary is more common today.
- The optician recorded the pupilary distance.
- A pupilary reflex was checked with a small light.
- Old law texts spoke of pupilary status.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUPILARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PUPILARY
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Common questions about PUPILARY
- Is PUPILARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUPILARY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUPILARY worth?
- PUPILARY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUPILARY mean?
- Relating to the pupil of the eye, or to a pupil under a guardian.
- What letters can be added to PUPILARY?
- No single letter can be added to PUPILARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PUPILARY:
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