WATERY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WATERY 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 WATERY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WATERY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WATERY
No single letter turns WATERY into another word.
How WATERY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WATERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does WATERY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Containing a lot of water, resembling water, or so thin and diluted that it lacks strength or flavour.
Watery is used in several ways that share one idea: too much water, or something that looks or feels like it. Soup, coffee and paint can all be watery when they have been diluted, and the word then carries a mild complaint. Eyes can also be watery when they fill with tears, and a pale, weak light or colour is sometimes described the same way. The word comes from water with the common adjective ending -y.
How WATERY is used
Common in everyday speech, especially about food and drink that is thinner or weaker than it should be.
- The soup was so watery that it hardly tasted of anything.
- His eyes turned red and watery in the cold wind.
- A watery sun appeared briefly between the clouds.
- The watery paint ran down the wall in streaks.
- They crossed a watery field after three days of rain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WATERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WATERY
The 6 tiles of WATERY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in WATERY
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Common questions about WATERY
- Is WATERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WATERY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WATERY worth?
- WATERY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WATERY mean?
- Containing a lot of water, resembling water, or so thin and diluted that it lacks strength or flavour.
- What letters can be added to WATERY?
- No single letter can be added to WATERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WATERY:
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