DICKY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DICKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICKY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICKY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICKY
No single letter turns DICKY into another word.
How DICKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DICKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does DICKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
British informal for shaky, weak or unreliable, especially describing health or a part of a machine.
Dicky describes something that is not working quite right, whether a wobbly table leg, an unreliable engine, or a person's weak heart. The word carries a light, informal tone, often used to downplay a problem rather than alarm anyone. A separate, older sense of dicky names a false shirt front worn to look formal without a whole shirt, or a small folding seat at the back of an old carriage.
How DICKY is used
British informal; common in casual speech about health or machinery, less used in formal writing.
- He blamed his dicky knee for missing the football game.
- The old car had a dicky engine that stalled at every light.
- Her dicky stomach kept her home from work that day.
- The bridge had a dicky plank that creaked underfoot.
- Grandfather always complained about his dicky heart in winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DICKY
2 longer words begin with DICKY.
Shorter words from the letters in DICKY
Common questions about DICKY
- Is DICKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICKY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICKY worth?
- DICKY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICKY mean?
- British informal for shaky, weak or unreliable, especially describing health or a part of a machine.
- What letters can be added to DICKY?
- No single letter can be added to DICKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DICKY:
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