EFFEMINACY is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. EFFEMINACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EFFEMINACY?
| 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 EFFEMINACY is to know. It scores 23 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EFFEMINACY
No single letter turns EFFEMINACY into another word.
How EFFEMINACY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EFFEMINACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EFFEMINACY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EFFEMINACY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The quality in a man of showing manners or traits traditionally thought of as feminine.
Effeminacy was long used as a criticism of men, and often carried an unkind judgement about softness or weakness. Today effeminacy is mainly discussed by historians and critics looking at how ideas of masculinity have shifted.
How EFFEMINACY is used
The noun effeminacy is regarded as dated and judgemental, so it appears chiefly in historical or critical writing.
- Old satires mocked fashionable dandies for their supposed effeminacy.
- The critic wrote about effeminacy in Victorian drama.
- Accusations of effeminacy were a common insult in the period.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EFFEMINACY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EFFEMINACY
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Common questions about EFFEMINACY
- Is EFFEMINACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EFFEMINACY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EFFEMINACY worth?
- EFFEMINACY is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EFFEMINACY mean?
- The quality in a man of showing manners or traits traditionally thought of as feminine.
- What letters can be added to EFFEMINACY?
- No single letter can be added to EFFEMINACY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EFFEMINACY:
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