STROY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. STROY 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 STROY?
| 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 STROY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STROY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stroysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STROY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STROY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about STROY
- 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 STROY mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectarchaic
To destroy, ruin, or spoil something, especially through careless waste.
Stroy is a shortened, dialect form of destroy that turns up in regional British speech and in older, archaic writing, often as a scolding for wasting or ruining something. A parent might warn a child not to stroy their new shoes, meaning simply not to spoil or wreck them. Standard modern English keeps the fuller word destroy for the same idea in formal writing.
How STROY is used
Dialect and archaic; heard chiefly in regional British speech rather than in formal writing.
- Don't stroy your good boots playing in the mud.
- The careless workers stroyed half the harvest.
- She warned him not to stroy the borrowed book.
- Frost can stroy an entire crop overnight.
- He was scolded for stroying his new coat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STROY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STROY
The 5 tiles of STROY in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with STROY
5 longer words begin with STROY.
Words ending in STROY
1 words end in STROY. Useful as a back hook: play STROY onto a word already on the board.
Words with STROY inside
7 words contain STROY in the middle. Words that start with STROY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STROY
Common questions about STROY
- Is STROY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STROY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STROY worth?
- STROY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STROY mean?
- To destroy, ruin, or spoil something, especially through careless waste.
- What letters can be added to STROY?
- STROY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STROY:
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