ACTUARY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACTUARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACTUARY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACTUARY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACTUARY
No single letter turns ACTUARY into another word.
How ACTUARY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACTUARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does ACTUARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A professional who uses statistics to calculate insurance and pension risks and set the premiums.
An actuary works with life tables, accident figures and financial models to decide how much a policy should cost and how much a fund must hold. It is a regulated career with demanding exams. In old courts the word meant a clerk who kept records.
How ACTUARY is used
Actuary is most often used for insurance and pension specialists.
- The actuary estimated how long the pension fund could keep paying.
- Insurance premiums are set by an actuary after studying claims data.
- She qualified as an actuary after years of examinations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACTUARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACTUARY
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Common questions about ACTUARY
- Is ACTUARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACTUARY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACTUARY worth?
- ACTUARY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACTUARY mean?
- A professional who uses statistics to calculate insurance and pension risks and set the premiums.
- What letters can be added to ACTUARY?
- No single letter can be added to ACTUARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACTUARY:
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