WARY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WARY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WARY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WARY
No single letter turns WARY into another word.
How WARY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does WARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Feeling or showing caution about danger.
Wary comes from the same root as aware and beware, all through the idea of watching. It is used about people watching for trouble and never about watching for pleasure.
How WARY is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative warier.
- They were wary of the offer and right to be.
- The word wary shares a root with aware and beware.
- A wary animal survives longer than a curious one.
- Nobody is wary of something pleasant.
- More wary after the second attempt than the first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WARY
The 4 tiles of WARY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in WARY
3 words end in WARY. Useful as a back hook: play WARY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WARY
Common questions about WARY
- Is WARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WARY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WARY worth?
- WARY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WARY mean?
- Feeling or showing caution about danger.
- What letters can be added to WARY?
- No single letter can be added to WARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WARY:
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