ACADEMY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ACADEMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACADEMY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACADEMY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACADEMY
No single letter turns ACADEMY into another word.
How ACADEMY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACADEMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does ACADEMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A school or institution for study or training in a particular subject, or a society of distinguished scholars or artists.
The name goes back to the garden school of Plato in ancient Athens. Today an academy might be a military college, a school of music or art, or in England a state-funded school run independently of the local council. Learned societies, such as national academies of science, use the word too.
How ACADEMY is used
Academy appears in the names of schools, training colleges and honorary societies.
- She trained at a police academy for six months.
- The academy elected three new members this year.
- Their son attends the local academy near the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACADEMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACADEMY
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Common questions about ACADEMY
- Is ACADEMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACADEMY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACADEMY worth?
- ACADEMY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACADEMY mean?
- A school or institution for study or training in a particular subject, or a society of distinguished scholars or artists.
- What letters can be added to ACADEMY?
- No single letter can be added to ACADEMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACADEMY:
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