terry: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with T · ends with Y
Meaning of terry
noun
- countable, uncountable
A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
- Commonwealth, countable, dated, uncountable
Any makeshift cloth nappy folded from a large piece of absorbent fabric and held in place by a nappy pin or nappy fastener; a flat nappy.
Listed forms: terries.
Source: Wiktionary — terry.
noun
- euphemistic
A terrorist
Listed forms: terries.
Source: Wiktionary — terry.
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 terry.
noun
a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
- terry cloth
- terrycloth
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is terry in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of terry
T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 8 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 terry
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from terry
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in terry. Showing up to 24, longest first.