SENRYU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SENRYU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SENRYU?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENRYU is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENRYU
No single letter turns SENRYU into another word.
How SENRYU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SENRYU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does SENRYU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short Japanese poem of three lines that looks at human nature, often with a touch of irony or humour.
Senryu has the same brief shape as haiku, but it turns its attention to people and their foibles instead of to the seasons and nature. It takes its name from Karai Senryu, an eighteenth-century poet whose collected verses made the form popular. English-language poets write senryu in three short lines, often without any season word.
How SENRYU is used
Literary; the plural is the same as the singular.
- Her senryu poked fun at the morning commute.
- He wrote a senryu about his neighbour's noisy lawnmower.
- A good senryu can make a reader smile in seventeen syllables.
- The magazine prints one senryu in each issue.
- Unlike a haiku, a senryu seldom mentions the weather.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENRYU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SENRYU
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Common questions about SENRYU
- Is SENRYU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SENRYU, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SENRYU worth?
- SENRYU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENRYU mean?
- A short Japanese poem of three lines that looks at human nature, often with a touch of irony or humour.
- What letters can be added to SENRYU?
- No single letter can be added to SENRYU to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SENRYU:
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