VERY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERY
Front hooks — 1
everyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How VERY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does VERY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Extremely; to a high degree.
Very came from a French word meaning true, and it meant genuine before it meant intensely. That older sense survives in phrases like the very man and a very present help.
How VERY is used
Before an adjective or adverb. Also an adjective.
- The very man they were looking for walked in.
- The word very once meant true or genuine.
- Very good and very bad use the same intensifier.
- A French word meaning true gave English very.
- The older sense of very survives in fixed phrases.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in VERY
Showing 24 of 36 words that end in VERY. Useful as a back hook: play VERY onto a word already on the board.
Words with VERY inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain VERY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VERY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VERY
Common questions about VERY
- Is VERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERY worth?
- VERY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERY mean?
- Extremely; to a high degree.
- What letters can be added to VERY?
- VERY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VERY:
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