DARCY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. DARCY 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 DARCY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DARCY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DARCY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
darcysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DARCY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DARCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does DARCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of permeability describing how easily a fluid passes through porous rock.
A darcy measures how well oil, gas or water can flow through a material such as sandstone, and it took its name from the French engineer Henry Darcy, who first studied flow through sand filters. Petroleum engineers now use darcy and its smaller unit, the millidarcy, purely as a technical measurement. The word has moved well past its origin as a personal name into ordinary scientific vocabulary.
How DARCY is used
Technical; used in petroleum engineering and hydrogeology.
- The reservoir rock had a permeability of two darcys.
- Engineers reported the sample in millidarcy rather than darcy.
- A rock with a higher darcy value releases oil more easily.
- The lab tested each core for its permeability in darcys.
- Tight shale can measure far below one darcy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DARCY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DARCY
The 5 tiles of DARCY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DARCY
1 longer words begin with DARCY.
Shorter words from the letters in DARCY
Common questions about DARCY
- Is DARCY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DARCY is not in it.
- How many points is DARCY worth?
- DARCY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DARCY mean?
- A unit of permeability describing how easily a fluid passes through porous rock.
- What letters can be added to DARCY?
- DARCY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DARCY:
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