COMEDY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. COMEDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMEDY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 COMEDY 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 COMEDY
No single letter turns COMEDY into another word.
How COMEDY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COMEDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does COMEDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A play, film or broadcast meant to amuse its audience, or the humorous kind of entertainment in general.
In the theatre a comedy is a whole genre, traditionally set against tragedy, in which the story ends happily and the characters survive their troubles. In modern use it also covers stand-up routines, television series and films whose main aim is laughter. The word reaches English through Latin from a Greek term for a festive song, and it gave rise to the adjective comic.
How COMEDY is used
Used for a single work, for the genre, and loosely for any funny aspect of a situation.
- The evening ended with a light comedy about a family wedding.
- She has written more comedy for radio than for the stage.
- Critics praised the comedy for its quick dialogue.
- There was a streak of dark comedy running through the novel.
- Older handbooks divide drama into comedy and tragedy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMEDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COMEDY
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Common questions about COMEDY
- Is COMEDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMEDY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMEDY worth?
- COMEDY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMEDY mean?
- A play, film or broadcast meant to amuse its audience, or the humorous kind of entertainment in general.
- What letters can be added to COMEDY?
- No single letter can be added to COMEDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COMEDY:
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