SPURREY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SPURREY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPURREY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPURREY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPURREY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spurreysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPURREY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SPURREY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,390 thousand.
What does SPURREY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small low-growing plant of the pink family with narrow whorled leaves and white or pink flowers.
Spurrey grows on poor sandy soil and was sometimes sown as fodder for animals. Botanical books spell it both spurrey and spurry, and the two names mean the same plant.
How SPURREY is used
Spurrey appears in botany, farming history and plant guides, usually with a qualifier such as corn spurrey.
- Corn spurrey spread thinly across the sandy field.
- The guide lists spurrey among the low weeds of arable land.
- Farmers once sowed spurrey for their sheep on thin soil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPURREY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPURREY
1 longer words begin with SPURREY.
Shorter words from the letters in SPURREY
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Common questions about SPURREY
- Is SPURREY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPURREY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPURREY worth?
- SPURREY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPURREY mean?
- A small low-growing plant of the pink family with narrow whorled leaves and white or pink flowers.
- What letters can be added to SPURREY?
- SPURREY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SPURREY:
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