SECRETORY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SECRETORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SECRETORY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SECRETORY is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SECRETORY
No single letter turns SECRETORY into another word.
How SECRETORY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SECRETORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SECRETORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SECRETORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or involved in the production and release of a substance by a gland or cell.
Biologists call a gland secretory when its job is to make and give out fluids such as sweat, saliva or hormones. The word is common in physiology and pathology, and it points to function rather than to the substance itself.
How SECRETORY is used
Technical term from biology and medicine.
- The salivary glands are secretory organs.
- A secretory cell lines the wall of the stomach.
- The disease damages the secretory tissue of the pancreas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SECRETORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SECRETORY
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Common questions about SECRETORY
- Is SECRETORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SECRETORY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SECRETORY worth?
- SECRETORY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SECRETORY mean?
- Relating to or involved in the production and release of a substance by a gland or cell.
- What letters can be added to SECRETORY?
- No single letter can be added to SECRETORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SECRETORY:
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