SECONDARY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SECONDARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SECONDARY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SECONDARY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SECONDARY
No single letter turns SECONDARY into another word.
How SECONDARY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SECONDARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SECONDARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SECONDARY
- All 9 letters of SECONDARY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SECONDARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Coming after the first in order or importance, or derived from something more basic.
Secondary describes whatever ranks below a main item, such as a lesser road, effect or source. It is also the standard word for the school stage that follows primary education.
How SECONDARY is used
Secondary is used before nouns like school, source, effect and infection.
- Cost was a secondary concern compared with safety.
- She teaches history at a secondary school.
- The medicine can cause a secondary infection in rare cases.
- Historians prefer a primary document to a secondary account.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SECONDARY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SECONDARY
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Common questions about SECONDARY
- Is SECONDARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SECONDARY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SECONDARY worth?
- SECONDARY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SECONDARY mean?
- Coming after the first in order or importance, or derived from something more basic.
- What letters can be added to SECONDARY?
- No single letter can be added to SECONDARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SECONDARY:
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