ACCOY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. ACCOY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ACCOY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACCOY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACCOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
accoysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACCOY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ACCOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What stands out about ACCOY
- The letters of ACCOY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACCOY mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To calm, soothe or tame a person or animal, usually by gentle means.
Writers use accoy for the moment a wild or upset creature is brought to quiet, whether that is a startled horse, an angry crowd or a grieving heart. Edmund Spenser and other Renaissance poets favoured accoy for its softer sound next to harsher verbs like subdue or curb. Modern English keeps only tame and soothe from this old family, so accoy now reads as a deliberately archaic choice rather than ordinary vocabulary.
How ACCOY is used
Almost entirely confined to Renaissance poetry and later writing that imitates it; not used in modern prose.
- The knight sought to accoy the wounded lion before approaching it.
- Gentle words did more to accoy the frightened child than any scolding.
- The poem asks what charm might accoy so fierce a grief.
- She tried to accoy the barking dogs with a calm, low voice.
- The old tale has its hero accoy the raging beast with patience rather than force.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACCOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACCOY
4 longer words begin with ACCOY.
Shorter words from the letters in ACCOY
Common questions about ACCOY
- Is ACCOY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ACCOY is not in it.
- How many points is ACCOY worth?
- ACCOY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACCOY mean?
- To calm, soothe or tame a person or animal, usually by gentle means.
- What letters can be added to ACCOY?
- ACCOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ACCOY:
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