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Is ordinary a Scrabble word?

Yes, ordinary is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of ordinary?

Definition

noun (English)

1. A person with authority; authority, ordinance.

2. A person with authority; authority, ordinance.Examples: "I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary."obsolete

3. A person with authority; authority, ordinance.

4. A person with authority; authority, ordinance.Examples: "He died with pious composure and resolution. I have just seen the Ordinary that attended him."historical

5. Something ordinary or regular.obsolete

6. Something ordinary or regular.Examples: "In short, Mr. Jolter could give a very good account of the stages on the road, and […] was a connoisseur in ordinaries, from twelve to five and thirty livres […]."; "Here he recommended me to fix my board, there being an excellent ordinary daily at two o'clock, at which I might dine or not as I pleased."historical

adj (English)

1. (law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.

2. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable.Examples: "1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480, It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed."; "1961, Joanna White, quoted in 2005, A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, Ten Pound Poms: Australia′s Invisible Migrants, page 80, For myself, I loved adventure and travelling. I′d already done quite a bit of travelling in Europe and — couldn′t get enough of it and whilst my marriage, at that stage, was very happy, he was very entrenched as a Londoner, Cockney, absolutely Cockney Londoner, and I could see that our future was pretty ordinary and so my hidden agenda I suppose was to drag him out to Australia and hope that both our lifestyles would improve and there would be new opportunities."; "Everyone started making suggestions as to what to do but they were all pretty ordinary ideas such as lighting a fire and hope someone would see the smoke and come to rescue us and so on."AustraliaNew-Zealandcolloquialinformal

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "ordinary"?

Scrabble
12 points
O1
R1
D2
I1
N1
A1
R1
Y4
Words With Friends
12 points
O1
R1
D2
I1
N2
A1
R1
Y4

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