WASTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WASTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WASTRY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WASTRY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WASTRY
No single letter turns WASTRY into another word.
How WASTRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WASTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about WASTRY
- WASTRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WASTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
Reckless extravagance, or the squandering of goods and money without thought for the future.
Wastry is an old noun built from the idea of waste, and it describes the habit of spending or throwing things away far beyond what is sensible. It could also mean a great heap of waste material, the sort of surplus that piles up when nothing is used carefully. The word is now rare and is met mostly in word lists and in older writing about thrift and excess.
How WASTRY is used
Archaic and rare; found in older prose and in lists of playable words rather than in current speech.
- The old moralist condemned the wastry of the court as a sin against the poor.
- Nothing was left of the inheritance after years of wastry.
- She called the banquet an act of wastry, with half the food thrown out.
- A steward was hired to put an end to the wastry in the kitchens.
- The sermon warned against wastry and praised the careful household.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WASTRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WASTRY
The 6 tiles of WASTRY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in WASTRY
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Common questions about WASTRY
- Is WASTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WASTRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WASTRY worth?
- WASTRY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WASTRY mean?
- Reckless extravagance, or the squandering of goods and money without thought for the future.
- What letters can be added to WASTRY?
- No single letter can be added to WASTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WASTRY:
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