CHEESY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHEESY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHEESY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHEESY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHEESY
No single letter turns CHEESY into another word.
How CHEESY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHEESY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 564,419.
What does CHEESY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Tasting, smelling or looking like cheese; in slang, cheap, corny or insincere.
In its plain sense cheesy describes food with a lot of cheese in it, or anything with the texture and smell of cheese. Informally it came to mean something of poor quality or overdone sentiment, such as a corny joke, a cheesy grin or a low-budget film. Which meaning is intended is nearly always clear from the noun that follows it.
How CHEESY is used
Informal; the figurative sense is common in talk about films, jokes and pop songs.
- The cheesy pasta bake was gone within minutes.
- He flashed a cheesy smile for the camera.
- The film was full of cheesy dialogue.
- A cheesy smell drifted from the cellar.
- She told one more cheesy joke before leaving.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHEESY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHEESY
Common questions about CHEESY
- Is CHEESY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHEESY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHEESY worth?
- CHEESY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHEESY mean?
- Tasting, smelling or looking like cheese; in slang, cheap, corny or insincere.
- What letters can be added to CHEESY?
- No single letter can be added to CHEESY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHEESY:
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