WRIER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. WRIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WRIER?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WRIER is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WRIER
Front hooks — 1
owrierBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WRIER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WRIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,237.
What does WRIER mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
The comparative form of wry, meaning more dryly ironic, sardonic or twisted in expression than something else.
A writer reaching for wrier than usual wants a sharper, more pointedly ironic tone than a plain wry remark already carries, comparing one instance of dry humour against another. The word also keeps the older physical sense of wry, describing a face or smile twisted more noticeably to one side, as when a wrier grin than his last suggests deeper amusement or discomfort. English allows both wrier and the alternative spelling wryer for this comparative, with wrier following the same pattern as dry becoming drier. Critics and reviewers favour wrier when comparing the tone of two pieces of writing, one drier and more ironic than the other rather than simply funnier.
How WRIER is used
Used mainly in literary and critical writing to compare the dry, ironic tone or twisted expression of one thing against another.
- His second novel struck reviewers as even wrier than his first.
- She gave a wrier smile than usual at the joke.
- The sequel takes a wrier, more cynical view of the story's heroes.
- Nothing in the play felt wrier than the closing line.
- His commentary grew wrier with each passing year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WRIER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WRIER
The 5 tiles of WRIER in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in WRIER
1 words end in WRIER. Useful as a back hook: play WRIER onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WRIER
Common questions about WRIER
- Is WRIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WRIER, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WRIER worth?
- WRIER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WRIER mean?
- The comparative form of wry, meaning more dryly ironic, sardonic or twisted in expression than something else.
- What letters can be added to WRIER?
- WRIER takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WRIER:
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