POLITY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POLITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLITY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLITY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLITY
No single letter turns POLITY into another word.
How POLITY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POLITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does POLITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A politically organised community, or the form of government under which it is run.
Political writers use polity when they want a neutral word for a state, a city or a church considered as an organised body with its own rules and offices. It can point to the structure of such a body as well as to the body itself. The word came into English from Greek via Latin and has the same root as politics.
How POLITY is used
Formal; found in political science and history.
- The Greek city was a small but lively polity.
- The book compares the polity of two medieval kingdoms.
- Each polity in the league kept its own laws.
- Citizens of a free polity can question their rulers.
- The church developed a polity based on elected councils.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLITY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POLITY
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Common questions about POLITY
- Is POLITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLITY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLITY worth?
- POLITY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLITY mean?
- A politically organised community, or the form of government under which it is run.
- What letters can be added to POLITY?
- No single letter can be added to POLITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POLITY:
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