APATHY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. APATHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APATHY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APATHY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APATHY
No single letter turns APATHY into another word.
How APATHY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in APATHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does APATHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A state of not caring about anything, with little feeling, interest or wish to act.
Apathy comes from a Greek word meaning without feeling. It is stronger than simple boredom, because the apathetic person sees no point in trying at all. Writers use it for voters who stay home, for workers who have given up, and for a numbness that follows grief or exhaustion.
How APATHY is used
Common in both everyday speech and writing about politics, work and health.
- Voter apathy kept the turnout low.
- A heavy apathy settled over the team after the third defeat.
- Her apathy surprised everyone who had known her as eager.
- The apathy of the crowd made the speaker give up.
- Nothing, it seemed, could break through his apathy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APATHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APATHY
Common questions about APATHY
- Is APATHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APATHY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APATHY worth?
- APATHY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APATHY mean?
- A state of not caring about anything, with little feeling, interest or wish to act.
- What letters can be added to APATHY?
- No single letter can be added to APATHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of APATHY:
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