CIVVY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CIVVY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIVVY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIVVY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIVVY
No single letter turns CIVVY into another word.
How CIVVY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CIVVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What stands out about CIVVY
- The letters of CIVVY 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 CIVVY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
A civilian, as distinguished from someone in the armed forces.
Soldiers use civvy to refer to anyone not in the military. The same word appears in the phrase civvy street for life after leaving the services, so a veteran might joke about becoming a civvy again.
How CIVVY is used
- The soldiers joked about civvy street waiting for them after the war.
- He felt like an awkward civvy among the smartly dressed guests at the party.
- As a civvy, she had never worn a uniform before.
- The base allowed civvy relatives to visit on open days.
- He swapped his uniform for civvy clothes on leave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIVVY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CIVVY
Common questions about CIVVY
- Is CIVVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIVVY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIVVY worth?
- CIVVY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIVVY mean?
- A civilian, as distinguished from someone in the armed forces.
- What letters can be added to CIVVY?
- No single letter can be added to CIVVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CIVVY:
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