VAGARY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VAGARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VAGARY?
| 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 VAGARY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VAGARY
No single letter turns VAGARY into another word.
How VAGARY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VAGARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does VAGARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
An unexpected and unpredictable change in something or in someone's behaviour.
A vagary is a whim, a quirk or an odd turn that nobody could have foreseen. It almost always appears in the plural with of, as in the vagaries of the weather or of fashion. The word comes from Latin vagari, to wander, and the older sense of a wandering fits the idea of something that drifts off its expected course.
How VAGARY is used
Usually plural, followed by of and a noun such as weather, fashion or fortune.
- Farmers live at the mercy of every vagary of the weather.
- No one could explain the sudden vagary of his mood.
- The vagary of the market caught the investors off guard.
- She put up patiently with every vagary of the old engine.
- It was a vagary of fate that brought them together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VAGARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VAGARY
Common questions about VAGARY
- Is VAGARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VAGARY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VAGARY worth?
- VAGARY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VAGARY mean?
- An unexpected and unpredictable change in something or in someone's behaviour.
- What letters can be added to VAGARY?
- No single letter can be added to VAGARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VAGARY:
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