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Is rosary a Scrabble word?

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

R1O1S1A1R1Y4

Is rosary a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1O1S1A1R1Y4

Is rosary a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rosary is a Words With Friends word. The word rosary is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1O1S1A1R1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

ROSARY,

5-letter words (5 found)

ROARS,ROARY,SORRA,SORRY,YARRS,

4-letter words (14 found)

ARSY,OARS,OARY,ORRA,OSAR,RAYS,ROAR,RORY,ROSY,RYAS,SOAR,SORA,SOYA,YARR,

3-letter words (15 found)

ARS,ARY,AYS,OAR,ORA,ORS,OYS,RAS,RAY,RYA,SAR,SAY,SOY,YAR,YAS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AR,AS,AY,OR,OS,OY,SO,YA,YO,

You can make 44 words from rosary according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rosary

rosary

Alternative forms

  • Rosary (only for the prayer)

Etymology

From Middle English rosarie, from Latin rosārium, here in its sense as a garland of roses. The coin usage referred to the laurel wreath appearing on the obverse bust, as opposed to the bare head on the pollard. Doublet of Rosario and rosarium.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/

Noun

rosary (plural rosaries)

  1. Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)
  2. A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers.
  3. (by extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.
  4. (historical numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
  5. A rose garden.

Hyponyms

  • psalter (150-bead rosary for use with the Psalms)

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See also

  • (13th-c. counterfeit coin): pollard, crockard, mitre, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle

Further reading

  • rosary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • rosary (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:rosaries on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Information about Rosaries

Anagrams

  • Raysor

Source: wiktionary.org