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Is canary a Scrabble word?

Yes, canary is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of canary?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.countableinformaluncountable

2. (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.Synonyms: informantcountableslanguncountable

3. (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).countableslanguncountable

4. (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.Examples: "The tendency in these types of situations (as far as I can see) is that because I don't think the act itself is illegal, the police will go through your vehicle systematically loking^([sic]) for anything wrong with it, to slap a canary on it (that's slang for an unroadworthy sticker) or present you with some other fine."; "Yes, if the exhaust is to noisey^([sic]) they can slap a yellow canary on it, but the[n] who cares you got rid of it."; "You don't have to carry a spare wheel for a car to be roadworthy, and if you *do* carry one, it doesn't have to be in a roadworthy condition *unless* you fit it [to] the car and drive on it. / If it's not and you get pinched, expect a canary..."Australiacountableinformaluncountable

5. (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.countableuncountable

6. (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.countableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).Examples: "but to jig off a tune at / the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet,"intransitive

2. (slang) To inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.Synonyms: rat outslang

3. (software engineering) To test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.

noun (English)

1. (soccer) Someone connected with Norwich City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

adj (English)

1. (finance, of an option) That can be exercised on quarterly dates, a set time period (usually one year) after the issue date, and before the expiry date.Examples: "Canary callable bonds are a type of step-up bond that is a hybrid structure, having elements of both Bermudan and European calls."; "The canary bond is unique in that it is callable during the period before the security converts to a noncallable or bullet structure; the canary callable coupon can possess a step-up feature."; "A (receiver) Canary swaption has two expiry dates 0 < θ₁ < θ₂ ≤ t₀ and involved two swaps Sⁱ (i = 1, 2) with cash -flows (t_(i,j), c_(i,j)) (1 ≤ j ≤ nᵢ)."not-comparable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "canary"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "canary"?

Scrabble
11 points
C3
A1
N1
A1
R1
Y4
Words With Friends
12 points
C4
A1
N2
A1
R1
Y4

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