SWELTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SWELTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWELTRY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWELTRY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWELTRY
No single letter turns SWELTRY into another word.
How SWELTRY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SWELTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What stands out about SWELTRY
- SWELTRY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SWELTRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Oppressively hot and humid, making one feel faint.
Sweltry is a rarer cousin of sweltering and sultry, borrowing the heaviness of both. It suits airless summer afternoons before a storm, when sweat will not dry and movement feels like effort.
How SWELTRY is used
Sweltry is a literary word for muggy, oppressive heat.
- The sweltry afternoon left everyone drowsy.
- We sat in the sweltry shade of the porch.
- A sweltry night followed the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWELTRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SWELTRY
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Common questions about SWELTRY
- Is SWELTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWELTRY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWELTRY worth?
- SWELTRY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWELTRY mean?
- Oppressively hot and humid, making one feel faint.
- What letters can be added to SWELTRY?
- No single letter can be added to SWELTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SWELTRY:
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