WRY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WRY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WRY is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WRY
Front hooks — 1
awryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WRY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does WRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Twisted, or dryly humorous.
The two senses are really one: a wry face is literally twisted, and a wry remark twists what was said. The physical meaning survives in wryneck, a bird that turns its head further than looks reasonable, and everything else about the word has gone figurative.
How WRY is used
Before and after the noun. The comparative is wryer or wrier.
- He gave a wry smile and said nothing.
- The book is wry rather than funny.
- A wry look can carry a whole objection.
- The wryneck turns its head almost the whole way round.
- Her wry account of it was kinder than the facts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WRY
11 longer words begin with WRY.
Words ending in WRY
7 words end in WRY. Useful as a back hook: play WRY onto a word already on the board.
Common questions about WRY
- Is WRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WRY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WRY worth?
- WRY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WRY mean?
- Twisted, or dryly humorous.
- What letters can be added to WRY?
- WRY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WRY:
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