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Is gantry a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gantry is a Scrabble US word. The word gantry is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

G2A1N1T1R1Y4

Is gantry a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gantry is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

G2A1N1T1R1Y4

Is gantry a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gantry is a Words With Friends word. The word gantry is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1N2T1R1Y3

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6-letter words (2 found)

GANTRY,GYRANT,

5-letter words (5 found)

ANGRY,GRANT,RANGY,TANGY,TYRAN,

4-letter words (17 found)

ARTY,GANT,GART,GNAR,GNAT,GRAN,GRAT,GRAY,GYAN,NARY,RANG,RANT,TANG,TARN,TRAY,YANG,YARN,

3-letter words (24 found)

ANT,ANY,ART,ARY,GAN,GAR,GAT,GAY,NAG,NAT,NAY,RAG,RAN,RAT,RAY,RYA,TAG,TAN,TAR,TAY,TRY,TYG,YAG,YAR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AG,AN,AR,AT,AY,NA,NY,TA,YA,

You can make 57 words from gantry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gantry

gantry

Alternative forms

  • gauntree, gauntry, gawntree (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French chantier (probably via Old Northern French gantier), from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæntɹi/
  • Rhymes: -æntɹi

Noun

gantry (plural gantries)

  1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
  2. A supporting framework for a barrel.
  3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
  4. (medical imaging) A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.

Derived terms

  • gantry crane
  • gantry scaffold
  • signal gantry

Translations

Anagrams

  • gyrant

Source: wiktionary.org