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Is mary a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mary is a Scrabble US word. The word mary is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word mary is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

M3A1R1Y4

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4-letter words (2 found)

ARMY,MARY,

3-letter words (9 found)

ARM,ARY,MAR,MAY,RAM,RAY,RYA,YAM,YAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AM,AR,AY,MA,MY,YA,

You can make 17 words from mary according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mary

mary amry mray rmay army ramy mayr amyr myar ymar aymr yamr mrya rmya myra ymra ryma yrma arym raym ayrm yarm ryam yram

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Definitions and meaning of mary

mary

Etymology

From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.

Pronunciation

  • (General American)
    • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɹ.i/
    • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɚ.i/
  • Homophones: marry, merry (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Noun

mary (plural marys)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”)

Synonyms

  • see Thesaurus:male homosexual

Anagrams

  • ARMY, Army, Mayr, Myra, Yarm, army, yarm

Middle English

Noun

mary

  1. Alternative form of marow

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • mari

Noun

mary m (plural marys)

  1. husband

Descendants

  • French: mari

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.rɨ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈmɒ.rɨ/
  • Rhymes: -arɨ
  • Syllabification: ma‧ry

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish mary. Cognate with Czech máry and German Bahre.

Noun

mary nvir pl

  1. (literary) bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)
    Synonym: (obsolete) tragi
  2. (literary) bier, catafalque (platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed)
    Synonym: katafalk
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mary f

  1. inflection of mara:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

  • mary in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mary in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mary”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “mary”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Source: wiktionary.org