EIGHTY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EIGHTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EIGHTY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EIGHTY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EIGHTY
Front hooks — 1
weightyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How EIGHTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EIGHTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does EIGHTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The cardinal number that follows seventy-nine, written 80 in figures; in the plural, the years or ages from 80 to 89.
Eighty sits between seventy and ninety in the counting sequence, and as an adjective it describes anything that numbers eighty. The plural eighties names the years from 80 to 89 of a century or of a person's life, so someone in her eighties is between eighty and eighty-nine. Older English had the word fourscore for the same number.
How EIGHTY is used
Everyday number word, used as noun and as adjective.
- The hall seats eighty people.
- My grandfather turned eighty last spring.
- Eighty is the speed limit on that stretch of road.
- Only eighty of the ninety tickets were sold.
- The class counted by tens up to eighty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EIGHTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EIGHTY
Common questions about EIGHTY
- Is EIGHTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EIGHTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EIGHTY worth?
- EIGHTY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EIGHTY mean?
- The cardinal number that follows seventy-nine, written 80 in figures; in the plural, the years or ages from 80 to 89.
- What letters can be added to EIGHTY?
- EIGHTY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EIGHTY:
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