WHERRY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WHERRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHERRY?
| 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 WHERRY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHERRY
No single letter turns WHERRY into another word.
How WHERRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHERRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 827,814.
What stands out about WHERRY
- WHERRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHERRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A light rowing boat used to carry passengers on rivers.
A wherry is long, narrow and quick. The name is also given to a large barge used for cargo on English waterways, such as the Norfolk Broads.
How WHERRY is used
Used for light river boats, and as a verb for carrying people in one.
- The wherry crossed the river at dawn.
- A black-sailed wherry glided across the broad.
- He rowed the wherry to the far bank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHERRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHERRY
3 longer words begin with WHERRY.
Shorter words from the letters in WHERRY
Common questions about WHERRY
- Is WHERRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHERRY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHERRY worth?
- WHERRY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHERRY mean?
- A light rowing boat used to carry passengers on rivers.
- What letters can be added to WHERRY?
- No single letter can be added to WHERRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHERRY:
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