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PRIED

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What PRIED Means

PRIED is a form of PRY, which means:

  1. verb: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open“The burglar jimmied the lock”
  2. verb: be nosey“Don't pry into my personal matters!”
  3. noun: a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PRIED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 I1 E1 D2.

Anagrams of PRIED (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In PRIED

31 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.

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing PRIED

PRIED appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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