TENANTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TENANTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENANTRY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENANTRY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENANTRY
No single letter turns TENANTRY into another word.
How TENANTRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TENANTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENANTRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TENANTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The tenants of an estate or district taken together as one body.
Historically the tenantry of a landlord worked the farms and paid rent in money or goods. Writers use the word for the community of renters rather than for any single person.
How TENANTRY is used
The word tenantry is found in history and in writing about estates and landlords.
- The tenantry gathered to greet the new lord.
- Rents were lowered to help the tenantry through the famine.
- A loyal tenantry worked the estate for generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENANTRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TENANTRY
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Common questions about TENANTRY
- Is TENANTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENANTRY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENANTRY worth?
- TENANTRY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENANTRY mean?
- The tenants of an estate or district taken together as one body.
- What letters can be added to TENANTRY?
- No single letter can be added to TENANTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TENANTRY:
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