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Is try a Scrabble word?

Yes, try is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

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

What is the meaning of try?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.Examples: "[…]euery feend his buſie paines applyde, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tryde."obsolete

2. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.Examples: "to try out the wild corn from the good"; "the wylde corne, beinge in shap and greatnesse lyke to the good, if they be mengled, with great difficultie will be tried out"obsolete

3. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.obsolete

4. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.obsolete

5. To test, to work out.Examples: "You are trying my patience."; "Don't try me."specifically

6. To test, to work out.Examples: "Mona: Try this vampire bolt on for size! Cedric: Why don't you try this alien bolt?"figuratively

noun (English)

1. (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.Examples: "Today I scored my first try."; "But two penalties and a drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson, despite a host of other wayward attempts, plus a late try from Chris Ashton were enough to send a misfiring England through."Synonyms: touchdown

2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.Examples: "They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow."UKdialectalobsolete

3. (American football) A field goal or extra point

4. (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.

5. (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.Examples: "But he her ſuppliant hands, thoſe hands of gold, / And eke her feete, thoſe feete of ſiluer trye, […] Chopt off […]."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "try"?

Scrabble
6 points
T1
R1
Y4
Words With Friends
5 points
T1
R1
Y4

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