CUTESY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CUTESY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUTESY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUTESY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUTESY
No single letter turns CUTESY into another word.
How CUTESY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUTESY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does CUTESY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Sweet and pretty in a way that feels forced, twee or overdone.
Cutesy is a mildly critical word for charm that tries too hard. A shop with frilly signs, a pet name that makes people wince or a greeting card with too many kittens might all be called cutesy. It grew out of cute and adds a note of disapproval, so it is rarely a compliment.
How CUTESY is used
Informal and slightly disapproving; mostly American in origin.
- The cafe was decorated in a cutesy style with tiny teapots everywhere.
- I find the cutesy spelling in the advert rather irritating.
- She dropped the cutesy voice and spoke plainly.
- The band changed its cutesy name when it started to be taken seriously.
- Too many cutesy phrases can make a letter sound insincere.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUTESY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CUTESY
The 6 tiles of CUTESY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CUTESY
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Common questions about CUTESY
- Is CUTESY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUTESY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUTESY worth?
- CUTESY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUTESY mean?
- Sweet and pretty in a way that feels forced, twee or overdone.
- What letters can be added to CUTESY?
- No single letter can be added to CUTESY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUTESY:
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