DUCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DUCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUCHY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUCHY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUCHY
No single letter turns DUCHY into another word.
How DUCHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DUCHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.
What does DUCHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A territory or state ruled by a duke or duchess.
A duchy is a region governed as the personal domain of a duke or duchess rather than by a king or a republic, a form of rule once common across parts of Europe. Some duchies grew into independent states, while others survive today mainly as landed estates tied to a royal title. The word points to both the land itself and the authority the duke holds over it.
How DUCHY is used
Common in historical, legal and constitutional writing about European territories and royal estates.
- The duke ruled the small duchy for forty years.
- Luxembourg remains a duchy to this day.
- Income from the duchy supports the royal household.
- Old maps carve medieval Europe into kingdoms, city-states and one duchy after another.
- The map showed the borders of the old duchy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUCHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in DUCHY
1 words end in DUCHY. Useful as a back hook: play DUCHY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DUCHY
Common questions about DUCHY
- Is DUCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUCHY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUCHY worth?
- DUCHY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUCHY mean?
- A territory or state ruled by a duke or duchess.
- What letters can be added to DUCHY?
- No single letter can be added to DUCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DUCHY:
Open DUCHY in the Word Finder