DICEY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DICEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICEY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICEY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICEY
No single letter turns DICEY into another word.
How DICEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DICEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does DICEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Risky, uncertain, or dangerous; likely to have an unpredictable or unfavorable outcome.
Dicey describes a situation whose outcome feels genuinely uncertain, carrying real risk of failure, injury, or disappointment rather than being merely difficult. The word evokes the randomness of rolling dice, suggesting that success depends as much on luck as on skill or careful planning. People use dicey informally for everything from a risky financial decision to a dangerous stretch of road or a tense, unpredictable moment in a game. Its casual tone makes dicey common in everyday speech and journalism, though it rarely appears in strictly formal writing.
How DICEY is used
Informal and very common in everyday speech and journalism, describing risky or unpredictable situations.
- The mountain trail grew dicey after the storm.
- Investing his savings in the venture felt dicey.
- The final minutes of the match were genuinely dicey.
- Driving on the icy roads that night was dicey at best.
- Their plan seemed dicey without a backup option.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DICEY
Common questions about DICEY
- Is DICEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICEY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICEY worth?
- DICEY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICEY mean?
- Risky, uncertain, or dangerous; likely to have an unpredictable or unfavorable outcome.
- What letters can be added to DICEY?
- No single letter can be added to DICEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DICEY:
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