SUDARY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SUDARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUDARY?
| 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 SUDARY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUDARY
No single letter turns SUDARY into another word.
How SUDARY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SUDARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does SUDARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A cloth, usually linen, used for wiping the sweat from the face.
Sudary comes from a Latin word for sweat and belongs to older religious and historical writing. It is best known through the sudarium, the cloth associated with the burial of Christ and with the legend of Veronica. In plain use it is simply a napkin or handkerchief, though the word is rare enough that most readers meet it only in scholarly or devotional texts.
How SUDARY is used
Archaic and rare; found in church history and old translations.
- The monk carried a linen sudary in his sleeve.
- A faded sudary was kept in the cathedral treasury.
- She wiped her brow with the sudary.
- The old inventory listed one sudary and two towels.
- Pilgrims prayed before the relic called a sudary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUDARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SUDARY
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Common questions about SUDARY
- Is SUDARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUDARY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUDARY worth?
- SUDARY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUDARY mean?
- A cloth, usually linen, used for wiping the sweat from the face.
- What letters can be added to SUDARY?
- No single letter can be added to SUDARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SUDARY:
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