THEREBY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. THEREBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THEREBY?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THEREBY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THEREBY
No single letter turns THEREBY into another word.
How THEREBY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in THEREBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842,149.
What does THEREBY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
formal
By that means or as a result of that.
Thereby links an action to its consequence and is common in contracts, reports and careful prose. It reads as more formal than so or because of this. The word often follows a verb ending in -ing.
How THEREBY is used
Thereby is used in formal writing to show the result of an action just mentioned.
- He signed the form, thereby accepting the terms.
- The company cut costs and thereby raised profits.
- She left early, thereby missing the announcement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEREBY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in THEREBY
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Common questions about THEREBY
- Is THEREBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THEREBY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THEREBY worth?
- THEREBY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THEREBY mean?
- By that means or as a result of that.
- What letters can be added to THEREBY?
- No single letter can be added to THEREBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of THEREBY:
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