ENTROPY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ENTROPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENTROPY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENTROPY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENTROPY
No single letter turns ENTROPY into another word.
How ENTROPY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ENTROPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does ENTROPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A measure of disorder in a system, or of the energy in it that is unavailable to do useful work.
In physics entropy tends to rise in a closed system, which is why heat spreads out and never gathers itself back. Information theory borrowed the term for unpredictability in a message, and everyday speakers use it for a slow slide into disorder.
How ENTROPY is used
Technical in thermodynamics and information theory, figurative when describing gradual decay of order.
- The entropy of a closed system never decreases.
- Without maintenance, entropy takes over the old building.
- High entropy in a message means it is hard to predict.
- The team fought the entropy of a growing codebase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENTROPY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ENTROPY
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Common questions about ENTROPY
- Is ENTROPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENTROPY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENTROPY worth?
- ENTROPY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENTROPY mean?
- A measure of disorder in a system, or of the energy in it that is unavailable to do useful work.
- What letters can be added to ENTROPY?
- No single letter can be added to ENTROPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ENTROPY:
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