DANCY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. DANCY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DANCY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DANCY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DANCY
No single letter turns DANCY into another word.
How DANCY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DANCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does DANCY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialect
Lively and sprightly, moving with a light, dancing step.
Dancy describes someone or something bright and quick on its feet, closer in feel to sprightly than to any word built from music or ballroom terms. Older dialect speech applied it to children, animals and even weather that felt brisk and cheerful. Standard English mostly dropped the word in favour of lively or sprightly.
How DANCY is used
Dialect; occasional in older regional British speech, not standard usage.
- The lamb was a dancy little thing from birth.
- She had a dancy way of crossing the yard.
- A dancy tune made the children skip along.
- His dancy step gave away how pleased he was.
- The pony seemed dancy in the cool morning air.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DANCY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DANCY
The 5 tiles of DANCY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in DANCY
11 words end in DANCY. Useful as a back hook: play DANCY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DANCY
Common questions about DANCY
- Is DANCY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DANCY is not in it.
- How many points is DANCY worth?
- DANCY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DANCY mean?
- Lively and sprightly, moving with a light, dancing step.
- What letters can be added to DANCY?
- No single letter can be added to DANCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DANCY:
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