CULTY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CULTY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CULTY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CULTY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CULTY
No single letter turns CULTY into another word.
How CULTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CULTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does CULTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having the devoted, insular character of a cult, or appealing strongly to a small enthusiastic following.
Something described as culty is loved fiercely by a small group rather than known widely, the way a minor film or brand can be culty long after it fails to reach a mass audience. The word is a casual cousin of cultish and is used mostly of media, brands and fandoms.
How CULTY is used
Informal; common in reviews and casual talk about films, brands and small fan communities.
- The film flopped at first but built a culty following over the years.
- Fans call the show culty because so few people know it, yet those who do adore it.
- The brand cultivated a culty image with limited releases and secretive marketing.
- Something about the small club felt culty, in a harmless way.
- Reviewers used culty to describe the store's obsessive regular customers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CULTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in CULTY
5 words end in CULTY. Useful as a back hook: play CULTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in CULTY
Common questions about CULTY
- Is CULTY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CULTY is not in it.
- How many points is CULTY worth?
- CULTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CULTY mean?
- Having the devoted, insular character of a cult, or appealing strongly to a small enthusiastic following.
- What letters can be added to CULTY?
- No single letter can be added to CULTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CULTY:
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