AZYGY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 21 points
It depends on the list you play by. AZYGY 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 21 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AZYGY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AZYGY is to know. It scores 21 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AZYGY
No single letter turns AZYGY into another word.
How AZYGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AZYGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,788 thousand.
What stands out about AZYGY
- AZYGY scores 21 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AZYGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
The state or condition of being unpaired, rather than joined with a matching counterpart.
Azygy describes a lack of pairing, the opposite of a matched or symmetrical set, and the word is built from the same root as azygous, meaning single or unpaired. It appears occasionally in technical writing about structures, such as veins or chromosomes, that normally occur in twos but exist singly in a given case.
How AZYGY is used
A rare, formal term confined mainly to technical or scientific description.
- The report noted the azygy of the unusual vein arrangement.
- Such azygy in the paired organ was considered unusual.
- The anatomist recorded the azygy as a minor variation.
- Textbooks rarely mention azygy outside specialist chapters.
- The condition of azygy left the structure without its usual partner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AZYGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AZYGY
Common questions about AZYGY
- Is AZYGY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AZYGY is not in it.
- How many points is AZYGY worth?
- AZYGY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AZYGY mean?
- The state or condition of being unpaired, rather than joined with a matching counterpart.
- What letters can be added to AZYGY?
- No single letter can be added to AZYGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AZYGY:
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