ELEGANCY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ELEGANCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELEGANCY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELEGANCY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELEGANCY
No single letter turns ELEGANCY into another word.
How ELEGANCY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ELEGANCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ELEGANCY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ELEGANCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The quality of being graceful, refined and tasteful in manner, style or form.
Elegancy is an older form of elegance that turns up in books from earlier centuries. A writer might praise the elegancy of a speech or a house, meaning its polish and good taste.
How ELEGANCY is used
Found in older literature, where modern writers would say elegance.
- The elegancy of her handwriting was admired by all.
- He spoke with great elegancy and ease.
- The poem is praised for its elegancy of phrase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELEGANCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ELEGANCY
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Common questions about ELEGANCY
- Is ELEGANCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELEGANCY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELEGANCY worth?
- ELEGANCY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELEGANCY mean?
- The quality of being graceful, refined and tasteful in manner, style or form.
- What letters can be added to ELEGANCY?
- No single letter can be added to ELEGANCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ELEGANCY:
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