CHANCY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHANCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHANCY?
| 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 CHANCY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHANCY
No single letter turns CHANCY into another word.
How CHANCY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHANCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,519 thousand.
What stands out about CHANCY
- CHANCY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHANCY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Uncertain in outcome and involving some risk.
Chancy marks a plan or event whose result depends on luck. It is milder than dangerous and often describes a gamble that might pay off.
How CHANCY is used
The word chancy is used in everyday speech about plans, weather and investments.
- Crossing the ice in March was a chancy business.
- It is a chancy plan, but it might work.
- The weather looks chancy for a picnic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHANCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHANCY
Common questions about CHANCY
- Is CHANCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHANCY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHANCY worth?
- CHANCY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHANCY mean?
- Uncertain in outcome and involving some risk.
- What letters can be added to CHANCY?
- No single letter can be added to CHANCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHANCY:
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