BIZZY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 28 points
It depends on the list you play by. BIZZY 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 28 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BIZZY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIZZY is to know. It scores 28 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIZZY
No single letter turns BIZZY into another word.
How BIZZY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIZZY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 2 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. BIZZY needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about BIZZY
- Two Zs in one word: BIZZY doubles the highest-value tile in the bag.
- At 28 points, BIZZY is among the ten highest-scoring 5-letter words we list.
- BIZZY averages 5.6 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIZZY mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangBritish
A police officer, especially in northern English slang.
Bizzy is street slang for a police officer, most closely associated with Liverpool and the surrounding region, and is thought to come from busybody. It is used the way an American speaker might say cop, usually with a note of wariness or mild disrespect rather than as an official term.
How BIZZY is used
Slang, regional British; informal and sometimes disrespectful in tone.
- The bizzy stopped the car for a broken taillight.
- A young bizzy patrolled the market square that morning.
- Local kids scattered when they saw the bizzy coming.
- The bizzy radioed the station for assistance.
- Everyone on the street recognised the bizzy on the corner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIZZY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in BIZZY
1 words end in BIZZY. Useful as a back hook: play BIZZY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BIZZY
Common questions about BIZZY
- Is BIZZY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIZZY, where it scores 28 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIZZY worth?
- BIZZY is worth 28 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIZZY mean?
- A police officer, especially in northern English slang.
- What letters can be added to BIZZY?
- No single letter can be added to BIZZY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIZZY:
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