CHOOSY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHOOSY 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 CHOOSY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHOOSY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHOOSY
No single letter turns CHOOSY into another word.
How CHOOSY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHOOSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,330 thousand.
What stands out about CHOOSY
- The letters of CHOOSY 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 CHOOSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Careful and hard to please when making a choice.
A choosy person takes a long time to decide and rejects anything that falls short of a high standard, whether in food, clothes, friends or houses. The word is a little teasing, because it hints that the standards may be higher than needed. It grows out of the verb choose, with the ending y added to make an adjective.
How CHOOSY is used
Informal; often used about eaters, shoppers and people seeking a partner.
- My cat is choosy about which brand of food she eats.
- Buyers can afford to be choosy in a slow market.
- He is choosy when it comes to picking a restaurant.
- Don't be so choosy; the first offer was a good one.
- The choosy customer inspected every melon on the stall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHOOSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHOOSY
Common questions about CHOOSY
- Is CHOOSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHOOSY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHOOSY worth?
- CHOOSY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHOOSY mean?
- Careful and hard to please when making a choice.
- What letters can be added to CHOOSY?
- No single letter can be added to CHOOSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHOOSY:
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