TARRY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TARRY 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 TARRY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARRY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARRY
Front hooks — 1
starryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TARRY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TARRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,474.
What does TARRY mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To stay in a place longer than planned, or to delay before leaving; a separate, unrelated adjective tarry describes something covered with or resembling tar.
A traveller who chooses to tarry at an inn stays on past the point where they might reasonably have moved along, and the verb usually carries a gentle sense of reluctance or unhurried delay rather than being trapped somewhere against their will. The word survives today mostly in literary, biblical and deliberately old-fashioned writing, where a modern speaker would more likely say wait or linger instead. Confusingly, tarry is also a separate adjective meaning covered with or smelling of tar, as in a tarry rope or a tarry beach after a spill, and the two words share a spelling but not a root. Because the verb now sounds deliberately old-fashioned, writers often reach for tarry to give a line of dialogue or narration a formal or archaic tone.
How TARRY is used
The verb is literary or archaic, met mainly in older or deliberately formal writing rather than everyday speech; the unrelated adjective, meaning covered with tar, remains in ordinary use.
- He did not tarry long before continuing his journey.
- The letter urged her not to tarry in the city.
- Do not tarry, the ship leaves within the hour.
- Pilgrims would tarry at the shrine before returning home.
- She chose to tarry a while longer by the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TARRY
1 longer words begin with TARRY.
Words ending in TARRY
2 words end in TARRY. Useful as a back hook: play TARRY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in TARRY
Common questions about TARRY
- Is TARRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARRY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARRY worth?
- TARRY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARRY mean?
- To stay in a place longer than planned, or to delay before leaving; a separate, unrelated adjective tarry describes something covered with or resembling tar.
- What letters can be added to TARRY?
- TARRY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TARRY:
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