DANDY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DANDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DANDY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DANDY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DANDY
No single letter turns DANDY into another word.
How DANDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DANDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does DANDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A man who pays excessive attention to his appearance, dressing in an elegant and fashionable style.
The dandy emerged as a recognizable social type in Britain around the turn of the nineteenth century, when meticulous, understated elegance in dress became a mark of social standing rather than mere vanity. Beyond the noun, dandy also survives as an informal adjective meaning excellent or fine, as in everything is just dandy.
How DANDY is used
Historical as a description of a fashionable gentleman, though the informal sense meaning fine remains common in North American speech.
- He strolled down the avenue like a Regency dandy in his tailored coat.
- The old photograph showed her great-uncle dressed as a dandy.
- Everything turned out just dandy after all the worry.
- Critics mocked him as a dandy more interested in cravats than ideas.
- The tailor catered to every dandy who wanted the latest cut of waistcoat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DANDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DANDY
8 longer words begin with DANDY.
Shorter words from the letters in DANDY
Common questions about DANDY
- Is DANDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DANDY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DANDY worth?
- DANDY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DANDY mean?
- A man who pays excessive attention to his appearance, dressing in an elegant and fashionable style.
- What letters can be added to DANDY?
- No single letter can be added to DANDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DANDY:
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