ACUITY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ACUITY 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 ACUITY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACUITY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACUITY
Front hooks — 1
vacuityBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ACUITY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ACUITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does ACUITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Sharpness of the senses or the mind, especially the ability to see fine detail or to grasp things quickly.
Eye doctors measure visual acuity by asking you to read rows of shrinking letters from a fixed distance. Outside the clinic, the word praises a mind that notices what others miss, as in a lawyer's legal acuity. It comes from a Latin root meaning "needle" or "point", which is why it is related to acute and acupuncture. Hearing and smell can have acuity as well, though sight is the most common use.
How ACUITY is used
Fairly formal; common in medicine and in praise of someone's judgment.
- Her visual acuity was tested at the start of the exam.
- The detective showed remarkable acuity in reading the scene.
- Age slowly dulls the acuity of hearing.
- He praised the acuity of her financial judgment.
- The hawk's acuity lets it spot a mouse from far above.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACUITY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACUITY
Common questions about ACUITY
- Is ACUITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACUITY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACUITY worth?
- ACUITY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACUITY mean?
- Sharpness of the senses or the mind, especially the ability to see fine detail or to grasp things quickly.
- What letters can be added to ACUITY?
- ACUITY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ACUITY:
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