STORY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. STORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STORY?
| 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 STORY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STORY
No single letter turns STORY into another word.
How STORY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about STORY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
An account of imaginary or real events told or written to inform or entertain; also a level or floor of a building.
A story can be a tale told aloud, a book written for children, or a report given to a journalist about something that happened, and in each case the word points to a connected account rather than a bare list of facts. In building terms a story, spelled storey in British English, is a single level of a house or tower, so a three-story building has three floors stacked on top of one another. Both senses of story are common in everyday English.
How STORY is used
General vocabulary; met daily in speech and writing for both narratives and building levels.
- She told the children a story before bed.
- The reporter filed her story just before deadline.
- Nobody believed his story about the missing keys.
- The office is on the tenth story of the tower.
- Each story of the museum holds a different exhibit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STORY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STORY
The 5 tiles of STORY in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with STORY
19 longer words begin with STORY.
Words ending in STORY
20 words end in STORY. Useful as a back hook: play STORY onto a word already on the board.
Words with STORY inside
1 words contain STORY in the middle. Words that start with STORY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STORY
Common questions about STORY
- Is STORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STORY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STORY worth?
- STORY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STORY mean?
- An account of imaginary or real events told or written to inform or entertain; also a level or floor of a building.
- What letters can be added to STORY?
- No single letter can be added to STORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STORY:
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