CANTY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANTY?
| 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 CANTY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANTY
Front hooks — 1
scantyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CANTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CANTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does CANTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Cheerful, lively and contented, in Scots usage.
Canty is a Scots dialect word praising someone for being in good spirits, blending cheerfulness with a settled, contented ease rather than wild excitement. It is heard mainly in Scots speech and older Scottish and northern English writing rather than standard English.
How CANTY is used
Scots dialect; used of people in good spirits, not part of standard everyday English.
- Grandma stayed canty even in her nineties.
- The old song describes a canty little cottage by the burn.
- He was canty company on the long walk home.
- She gave a canty laugh at the children's joke.
- The poem praises a canty life free of worry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in CANTY
1 words end in CANTY. Useful as a back hook: play CANTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in CANTY
Common questions about CANTY
- Is CANTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANTY worth?
- CANTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANTY mean?
- Cheerful, lively and contented, in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to CANTY?
- CANTY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CANTY:
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