TURBARY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TURBARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TURBARY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TURBARY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TURBARY
No single letter turns TURBARY into another word.
How TURBARY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TURBARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,235 thousand.
What does TURBARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
The right to cut turf or peat for fuel on another person's land, or the place where it is cut.
Turbary was a valuable common right in rural Britain and Ireland, where peat heated many homes. Disputes over who could dig and how much were once common. In some areas the right is still recorded in legal documents.
How TURBARY is used
Used in land law, rural history and talk about peat bogs.
- The cottagers held a right of turbary on the moor.
- A strip of turbary lay beyond the last field.
- Rights of turbary were passed down with the cottage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TURBARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TURBARY
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Common questions about TURBARY
- Is TURBARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TURBARY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TURBARY worth?
- TURBARY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TURBARY mean?
- The right to cut turf or peat for fuel on another person's land, or the place where it is cut.
- What letters can be added to TURBARY?
- No single letter can be added to TURBARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TURBARY:
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