What OSTIARY Means
- noun: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
- noun: someone who guards an entrance
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OSTIARY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 S1 T1 I1 A1 R1 Y4.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In OSTIARY
177 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (41)
AIRTSARIOTARTISARTSYASTIRIOTASOSTIAOTARYRAITSRATIORATOSRIOTSROASTROISTROSITROSTIROTASROTISROYSTRYOTSSATYRSITARSORTASTAIRSTOAISTORYSTRAYSTRIASTROYTAROSTARSITIARSTIROSTORASTORSITRAYSTRIOSTROISTROYSTYROSYARTO
4 letter words (64)
AIRSAIRTAIRYAITSARISARSYARTIARTSARTYIOTAITASOARSOARYOASTOATSOATYORTSOSARRAISRAITRASTRATORATSRAYSRIASRIOTRITSROSTROSYROTAROTIROTSRYASRYOTSAIRSARISATISOARSORASORISORTSOYASTARSTAYSTIRSTOATAISTAOSTAROTARSTAYSTIARTIROTORATORITORSTORYTOSATOYSTRAYTRIOTROYTSARTYRO
3 letter words (47)
AIRAISAITARSARTARYATSAYSIOSISOITAITSOAROATOISORAORSORTOYSRAIRASRATRAYRIARITROTRYASAISARSATSAYSIRSITSOTSOYSRISTYTAITAOTARTASTAYTISTORTOYTRYYAR
2 letter words (20)
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