TORY is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TORY?
| 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 TORY is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TORY
Front hooks — 1
storyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TORY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about TORY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A member or supporter of a conservative political party, especially in Britain.
Tory began as an insult: it meant an Irish outlaw, and opponents threw it at those who backed the Catholic succession in the 1680s. The party wore it until it stuck. In North America the same word named colonists who stayed loyal to the Crown, which is why a tory in a Canadian history book and a tory in a British newspaper are two different people.
How TORY is used
Capitalised for the British party, lower case for the general sense of a conservative.
- He voted tory once and told nobody for years.
- The tory candidate held the seat by eleven votes.
- A tory in 1776 meant something quite different.
- She writes for a tory paper and disagrees with it weekly.
- The word tory started as an insult and was adopted anyway.
- Two tory members crossed the floor that session.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TORY and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TORY
The 4 tiles of TORY in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in TORY
Showing 24 of 509 words that end in TORY. Useful as a back hook: play TORY onto a word already on the board.
Words with TORY inside
23 words contain TORY in the middle. Words that start with TORY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TORY
Common questions about TORY
- Is TORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TORY, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TORY worth?
- TORY is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TORY mean?
- A member or supporter of a conservative political party, especially in Britain.
- What letters can be added to TORY?
- TORY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TORY:
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