CELERITY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CELERITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CELERITY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CELERITY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CELERITY
No single letter turns CELERITY into another word.
How CELERITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CELERITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CELERITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CELERITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Swiftness of movement or action.
Celerity belongs to elevated prose, praising someone who acts quickly and efficiently. Few speakers use it in casual talk, where "speed" does the same job less grandly.
How CELERITY is used
Formal or literary; often follows "with" as in "with celerity".
- The clerk processed the forms with celerity.
- She admired the celerity of the rescue.
- Celerity matters when a fire breaks out.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CELERITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CELERITY
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Common questions about CELERITY
- Is CELERITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CELERITY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CELERITY worth?
- CELERITY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CELERITY mean?
- Swiftness of movement or action.
- What letters can be added to CELERITY?
- No single letter can be added to CELERITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CELERITY:
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