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pry

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Is pry a Scrabble word?

Yes, pry is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 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 pry?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (intransitive)Examples: "[W]omen haue eagles eyes, / To prie euen to the heart, and why not you?"; "[…] to elude, thus wrapt in miſt / Of midnight vapor glide obſcure, and prie / In every Buſh and brake, where hap may finde / The Serpent ſleeping, […]"; "And choice of studious friends had he / Of Bolton's dear fraternity: / […] / [I]n their cells with him did pry / For other lore,—through strong desire / Searching the earth with chemic fire: […]"intransitive

2. (intransitive)Examples: "Watch thou, and wake when others be aſleepe, / To prie into the ſecrets of the State, […]"; "We literary hacks are shameless creatures. I believe there's no secret of the human heart into which we wouldn't pry."figurativelyintransitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.Examples: "The two ship's corporals went among the sailors by the names of Leggs and Pounce; […] Bland, the master-at-arms, ravished with their dexterity in prying out offenders, used to call them his two right hands."obsoletetransitive

noun (English)

1. (East Anglia, US) A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.Synonyms: prise, prize, prybar, pry barEast-AngliaUS

verb (English)

1. (figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.Synonyms: quarry, wringfigurativelytransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "pry"?

Scrabble
8 points
P3
R1
Y4
Words With Friends
8 points
P4
R1
Y4

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