Poetry in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is poetry a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word poetry is a Scrabble US word. The word poetry is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is poetry a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word poetry is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is poetry a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

POETRY,

5-letter words (8 found)

OPTER,PORTY,REPOT,ROPEY,TEPOY,TOPER,TOYER,TROPE,

4-letter words (35 found)

EYOT,OYER,PERT,POET,PORE,PORT,PORY,POTE,PREY,PYET,PYOT,PYRE,PYRO,REPO,ROPE,ROPY,ROTE,RYOT,RYPE,TOEY,TOPE,TORE,TORY,TREY,TROP,TROY,TRYE,TRYP,TYER,TYPE,TYPO,TYRE,TYRO,YORE,YORP,

3-letter words (27 found)

OPE,OPT,ORE,ORT,OYE,PER,PET,POT,PRE,PRO,PRY,PYE,REO,REP,RET,ROE,ROT,RYE,TOE,TOP,TOR,TOY,TRY,TYE,YEP,YER,YET,

2-letter words (13 found)

ER,ET,OE,OP,OR,OY,PE,PO,RE,TE,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from poetry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of poetry

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Alternative forms

  • poëtry (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (poet), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, poet; author; maker). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊɪtɹi/, [ˈpəʊʷətɹɪ]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊətɹi/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯.ətˌɹi]
  • Hyphenation: po‧et‧ry

Noun

poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)

  1. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
    Synonyms: (archaic) poesy, verse
    Antonym: prose
  2. A poet's literary production.
  3. (figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:poetry.

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Anagrams

  • Proyet, Torpey, tropey

Source: wiktionary.org