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READY

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What READY Means

  1. adjective: completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress“get ready”
  2. adjective: (of especially money) immediately available“he seems to have ample ready money”
  3. verb: prepare for eating by applying heat“Cook me dinner, please”
  4. verb: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc“Get the children ready for school!”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

READY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 A1 D2 Y4.

Anagrams of READY (4)

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

Words Made From The Letters In READY

50 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 (18)

3 letter words (20)

2 letter words (12)

Longer Words Containing READY

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

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