CERTY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CERTY 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CERTY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERTY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERTY
No single letter turns CERTY into another word.
How CERTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CERTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about CERTY
- The letters of CERTY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CERTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialectarchaic
Certainty, used in the Scots phrase by my certy, meaning assuredly or indeed.
Certy rarely stands alone; it almost always follows by my or my in an exclamation of surprise or emphasis, close in force to well I never or indeed. The spelling certie also occurs in older Scots writing, and both forms trace back to the same root as the word certain.
How CERTY is used
Scots and archaic; found in older Scots literature and dialect glossaries, not in ordinary modern speech.
- By my certy, said the old woman, that was a close call.
- My certy, he answered, is that a fine excuse.
- The letter closed with an old-fashioned by my certy.
- He still says certy the way his grandmother did.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERTY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CERTY
Common questions about CERTY
- Is CERTY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CERTY is not in it.
- How many points is CERTY worth?
- CERTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERTY mean?
- Certainty, used in the Scots phrase by my certy, meaning assuredly or indeed.
- What letters can be added to CERTY?
- No single letter can be added to CERTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CERTY:
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