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TARRY

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What TARRY Means

  1. verb: be about a place without any apparent purpose“The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”
  2. verb: leave slowly and hesitantly
  3. adjective: having the characteristics of pitch or tar

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TARRY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 R1 R1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In TARRY

17 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 (3)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing TARRY

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

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