TRACERY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TRACERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRACERY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRACERY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRACERY
No single letter turns TRACERY into another word.
How TRACERY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TRACERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 411,717.
What does TRACERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Decorative stone openwork in the upper part of a Gothic window, or any delicate pattern of interlacing lines.
Tracery divides a great window into smaller lights and gives medieval churches their lace-like look. Builders carved it from stone, and styles changed from age to age. The word is also used for patterns that resemble it, such as frost on glass or branches against the sky.
How TRACERY is used
Used in architecture and in descriptive writing about fine patterns.
- The cathedral's west window is famous for its stone tracery.
- Frost left a silver tracery on the windowpane.
- Bare branches made a dark tracery against the evening sky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRACERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRACERY
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Common questions about TRACERY
- Is TRACERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRACERY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRACERY worth?
- TRACERY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRACERY mean?
- Decorative stone openwork in the upper part of a Gothic window, or any delicate pattern of interlacing lines.
- What letters can be added to TRACERY?
- No single letter can be added to TRACERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TRACERY:
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