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What does spry mean? Is spry a Scrabble word?

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Is spry a Scrabble word?

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

S1P3R1Y4

Is spry a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1P3R1Y4

Is spry a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spry is a Words With Friends word. The word spry is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1P4R1Y3

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4-letter words (2 found)

PRYS,SPRY,

3-letter words (2 found)

PRY,SPY,

You can make 4 words from spry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spry

spry

English

Etymology

From British dialectal sprey, from Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively”) from Proto-Germanic *sprēkiz (“lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter”). Cognate with Icelandic sprækur (“lively, spry”), Norwegian sprek (“lively, healthy”), dialectal Swedish sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish”). More at spark. Related to sprack, sprig, sprug, freckle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɹaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Adjective

spry (comparative sprier, superlative spriest)

  1. Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
  2. Vigorous; lively; cheerful.

Usage notes

  • From more general origins, it has since come to be restricted in usage almost entirely to remarking on one's being sprier than expected, e.g. being spry for one’s (old) age.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Prys, Pyrs, pyrs, syrp

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