SPARRY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SPARRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPARRY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPARRY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPARRY
No single letter turns SPARRY into another word.
How SPARRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPARRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 551,876.
What stands out about SPARRY
- SPARRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPARRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a mineral, containing spar or looking like it, with a crystalline structure that splits easily into flat faces.
Geologists use sparry for rock or ore that has a coarse, glittering crystalline texture, such as calcite or fluorite veins running through limestone. Spar is an old miner's word for such light-coloured minerals that break along smooth planes. A sparry cement in limestone is made of clear crystals rather than fine mud.
How SPARRY is used
Technical term from geology and mining; not used outside those fields.
- The miners struck a sparry vein below the old shaft.
- The limestone had a sparry texture under the lens.
- She polished a sparry fragment until it caught the light.
- Sparry calcite filled every crack in the cliff.
- The sparry ore was easy to break into flat pieces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPARRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPARRY
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Common questions about SPARRY
- Is SPARRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPARRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPARRY worth?
- SPARRY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPARRY mean?
- Of a mineral, containing spar or looking like it, with a crystalline structure that splits easily into flat faces.
- What letters can be added to SPARRY?
- No single letter can be added to SPARRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPARRY:
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