ACHY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACHY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACHY is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACHY
No single letter turns ACHY into another word.
How ACHY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ACHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does ACHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Feeling a continuous dull pain.
Achy is spelled without an e although the noun it comes from has one, which breaks the usual rule and catches people out. The verb and the noun were once spelled differently from each other, and the modern form is a compromise.
How ACHY is used
After the verb. Comparative is formed with more.
- An achy shoulder that has never been examined.
- The word achy drops the e that the noun keeps.
- Achy and feverish by the second evening.
- The spelling of achy breaks the usual rule.
- More achy today than yesterday and no reason for it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACHY
The 4 tiles of ACHY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in ACHY
23 words end in ACHY. Useful as a back hook: play ACHY onto a word already on the board.
Words with ACHY inside
Showing 24 of 115 words that contain ACHY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ACHY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ACHY
Common questions about ACHY
- Is ACHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACHY worth?
- ACHY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACHY mean?
- Feeling a continuous dull pain.
- What letters can be added to ACHY?
- No single letter can be added to ACHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ACHY:
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