CITY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CITY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CITY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CITY
No single letter turns CITY into another word.
How CITY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does CITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large town with a charter or cathedral.
In Britain a city is one by royal grant and not by size, which is why some have fewer than two thousand inhabitants. Elsewhere the word means whatever the local law happens to say.
How CITY is used
Countable; the plural changes the y.
- A British city is one by grant and not by population.
- The word city means different things in different laws.
- One city in Wales has fewer than two thousand people.
- A city charter is granted and not earned.
- The city of London is a square mile and not the whole place.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CITY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CITY
10 longer words begin with CITY.
Words ending in CITY
Showing 24 of 209 words that end in CITY. Useful as a back hook: play CITY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in CITY
Common questions about CITY
- Is CITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CITY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CITY worth?
- CITY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CITY mean?
- A large town with a charter or cathedral.
- What letters can be added to CITY?
- No single letter can be added to CITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CITY:
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