STRAWY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. STRAWY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STRAWY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STRAWY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STRAWY
No single letter turns STRAWY into another word.
How STRAWY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STRAWY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about STRAWY
- STRAWY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 STRAWY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Made of, covered with, or looking like straw.
Strawy is used for hair, floors, manure or hats that look dry and pale yellow or are littered with straw. A writer might describe strawy hair to suggest dryness and a lack of colour. It is rarer than the noun it comes from and shows up mainly in descriptive prose and in farming talk.
How STRAWY is used
Descriptive; common for hair and farm materials.
- Her strawy hair hung loose over her shoulders.
- The stable floor was strawy and warm.
- Spread the strawy manure over the beds before the frost.
- He wore a strawy old hat on his head.
- The strawy bedding needed to be changed every week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STRAWY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STRAWY
The 6 tiles of STRAWY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in STRAWY
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Common questions about STRAWY
- Is STRAWY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STRAWY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STRAWY worth?
- STRAWY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STRAWY mean?
- Made of, covered with, or looking like straw.
- What letters can be added to STRAWY?
- No single letter can be added to STRAWY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STRAWY:
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