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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):

N2A1R1Y3

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Valid words made from Nary

You can make 15 words from 'nary' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

4 letters words from 'nary'

NARY 7YARN 7

3 letters words from 'nary'

ANY 6ARY 6
NAY 6RAN 3
RAY 6RYA 6
YAR 6 

2 letters words from 'nary'

AN 2AR 2
AY 5NA 2
NY 5YA 5

All 4 letters words made out of nary

nary anry nray rnay arny rany nayr anyr nyar ynar aynr yanr nrya rnya nyra ynra ryna yrna aryn rayn ayrn yarn ryan yran

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word nary. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in nary.

Definitions and meaning of nary

nary

Alternative forms

  • narry

Etymology

Variant form of ne'er a.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛəɹi/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Adverb

nary (not comparable)

  1. Not, never.
    • 2014, Richard Swenson, More Than Meets the Eye: Fascinating Glimpses of God's Power and Design, Tyndale House (→ISBN)
      Every day, uncomplaining, this ten-ounce muscle contracts 100 thousand times nary “missing a beat.” Over a lifetime of faithful service, these two self-lubricating, self-regulating, high-capacity pumps beat two and one-half billion times […]
    • 1923, Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines
      And all about the room, candles gleaming in branched sconces. Nary one glare of electric light.
    • 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Mr. Hat), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch:

Adjective

nary (not comparable)

  1. Not any.
    • 1910, John McElroy, Si Klegg: Experiences of Si and Shorty on the Great Tullahoma Campaign, page 109:
      We'uns wuz willin't fout fur ole Tennessee, but for nary other State. When he started out o' Tennessee we'uns jest concluded t' strike out and leave him.
    • 1961 March 20, Flannery O'Connor, letter to Maryat Lee, [ublished 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.
    • 2010, Dorothy McCleary, Not for Heaven, Wildside Press LLC (→ISBN), page 289:
      "Pish, and who cares for nary other?" Mrs. Bostwick cried out, tossing Etta's hand away from her. "I do, for one," said Etta tartly.

Translations

References

  • nary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Arny, N-ray, NYRA, Ryan, yarn

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (dialect) not any.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)