scary: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with Y
Meaning of scary
adj
- informal
Causing fear or anxiety
Example: The tiger's jaws were scary.
- informal
Uncannily striking or surprising.
Example: Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.
- US, colloquial
Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
Listed forms: scarier, scariest, scarey.
Source: Wiktionary — scary.
adv
- informal, not-comparable
To a scary extent; scarily.
Listed forms: scarey.
Source: Wiktionary — scary.
noun
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
Listed forms: scarey.
Source: Wiktionary — scary.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for scary.
adjective
provoking fear or terror
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is scary in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of scary
S(1) + C(3) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of scary
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from scary
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