Is PETRIFY a word?
PETRIFY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PETRIFY is a valid word.
What does petrify mean?
verb: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright.
“The horror petrified his feelings”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PETRIFY: word details
- Pronunciation: PEHT-ruh-feye (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside petrify
Words you can make from the letters of petrify.
Frequently asked questions
What does PETRIFY mean?
PETRIFY is a verb. It means: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright.
Is PETRIFY a valid word?
Yes, PETRIFY is a valid word. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.