TARDY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TARDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARDY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARDY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARDY
No single letter turns TARDY into another word.
How TARDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TARDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does TARDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Late in arriving or happening, or slow to act when action is expected.
A tardy person or event arrives after the expected or appointed time, often implying a mild criticism of the delay. In American schools the word is used specifically for students who arrive after the start of class, sometimes recorded formally as a tardy. The word can also describe a slow response, as in a tardy reply to a letter.
How TARDY is used
Somewhat formal; common in American school contexts and in descriptions of delayed responses.
- He was marked tardy for arriving after the bell.
- The company sent a tardy apology weeks after the incident.
- Her tardy reply left the client waiting for days.
- Spring arrived tardy that year, with snow still falling in April.
- Students who are tardy three times receive a warning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TARDY
3 longer words begin with TARDY.
Words ending in TARDY
4 words end in TARDY. Useful as a back hook: play TARDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in TARDY
Common questions about TARDY
- Is TARDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARDY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARDY worth?
- TARDY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARDY mean?
- Late in arriving or happening, or slow to act when action is expected.
- What letters can be added to TARDY?
- No single letter can be added to TARDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TARDY:
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