STARRY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. STARRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STARRY?
| 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 STARRY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STARRY
No single letter turns STARRY into another word.
How STARRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STARRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What stands out about STARRY
- STARRY 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 STARRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of stars or lit by them; also shining or shaped like a star.
Starry usually describes a clear night sky crowded with points of light, but it can also be used for anything that glitters like a star, such as eyes or a patterned fabric. A second, looser use describes a person who is dreamy and full of high hopes. Writers reach for starry when they want a night scene to feel open and bright rather than dark.
How STARRY is used
Common in descriptive and poetic writing; starry-eyed is a set phrase for naive enthusiasm.
- We lay on the roof and watched the starry sky turn slowly overhead.
- The starry banner hung above the stage.
- On a starry night in the desert you can see the whole Milky Way.
- She had a starry look in her eyes as the curtain rose.
- The painter covered the ceiling with a starry pattern of gold dots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STARRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in STARRY
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Common questions about STARRY
- Is STARRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STARRY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STARRY worth?
- STARRY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STARRY mean?
- Full of stars or lit by them; also shining or shaped like a star.
- What letters can be added to STARRY?
- No single letter can be added to STARRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STARRY:
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