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Is nary a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nary is a Scrabble US word. The word nary is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

N1A1R1Y4

Is nary a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nary is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

N1A1R1Y4

Is nary a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nary is a Words With Friends word. The word nary is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

NARY,YARN,

3-letter words (7 found)

ANY,ARY,NAY,RAN,RAY,RYA,YAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AN,AR,AY,NA,NY,YA,

You can make 15 words from nary according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nary

nary

English

Alternative forms

  • narry

Etymology

Univerbation of ne'er +‎ a.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɛə.ɹi/
  • (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈnɛɚ.i/
  • (US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈnɛɹ.i/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈneː.ɹi/
  • (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈneəɹi/
  • (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈniəɹi/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈneɹɪ/, /ˈneɹe/
  • (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈnɜːɹɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Adverb

nary (not comparable)

  1. (somewhat dated) Not, never.
    • 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Mr. Hat), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch:

Adjective

nary (not comparable)

  1. (somewhat dated) Not any.
    • 1961 March 20, Flannery O'Connor, letter to Maryat Lee, published in 1988, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (→ISBN):
      I'm cheered you liked [“The Partridge Festival”] but I must have it back as I have nary other copy. If you really want to read somebody, read Proust for pity's sake.

Translations

References

  • “nary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Arny, N-ray, NYRA, Ryan, yarn

Lithuanian

Noun

narỹ

  1. vocative singular of narỹs (“joint”)

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Lithuanian nariai̇̃ (singular narỹs), possibly through Belarusian на́ры (náry). Compare Russian на́ры (náry) and Ukrainian на́ри (náry). First attested in 1570.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -arɘ
  • Syllabification: na‧ry

Noun

nary nvir pl

  1. (archaic) synonym of prycza

Declension

References

Further reading

  • nary in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nary”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 153

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