RETIARY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RETIARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETIARY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETIARY is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETIARY
No single letter turns RETIARY into another word.
How RETIARY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RETIARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,493.
What does RETIARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Using a net as a tool or weapon, or having the form of a net.
Retiary comes from the Latin word for net. It is best known from the retiarius, the gladiator who fought with a net and trident, and from spiders that spin webs to catch prey. Outside natural history and ancient Rome you will seldom meet it.
How RETIARY is used
Retiary is a rare, technical word used about net-fighting gladiators and web-building spiders.
- The retiary gladiator tried to tangle his rival in a weighted net.
- A retiary spider waits at the centre of its web.
- The scholar described the retiary style of fighting in the arena.
- Under the microscope the tissue showed a retiary pattern.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETIARY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RETIARY
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Common questions about RETIARY
- Is RETIARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETIARY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETIARY worth?
- RETIARY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETIARY mean?
- Using a net as a tool or weapon, or having the form of a net.
- What letters can be added to RETIARY?
- No single letter can be added to RETIARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RETIARY:
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