EQUIVALENCY is a valid Scrabble word — 28 points
Yes. EQUIVALENCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 28 points in Scrabble and 32 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EQUIVALENCY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EQUIVALENCY is to know. It scores 28 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EQUIVALENCY
No single letter turns EQUIVALENCY into another word.
How EQUIVALENCY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in EQUIVALENCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EQUIVALENCY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EQUIVALENCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The condition of being equal in value, meaning or effect, often used for recognised substitute qualifications.
Schools and employers speak of an equivalency when one qualification is accepted in place of another. Equivalence is the more general and more common form, while equivalency leans toward official or administrative settings.
How EQUIVALENCY is used
Equivalency is common in education and administration, for example in a high school equivalency diploma.
- She passed an equivalency exam in place of the usual diploma.
- The university offered no equivalency for the foreign certificate.
- Engineers checked the equivalency between the two measurement scales.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EQUIVALENCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EQUIVALENCY
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Common questions about EQUIVALENCY
- Is EQUIVALENCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EQUIVALENCY, where it scores 32 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EQUIVALENCY worth?
- EQUIVALENCY is worth 28 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EQUIVALENCY mean?
- The condition of being equal in value, meaning or effect, often used for recognised substitute qualifications.
- What letters can be added to EQUIVALENCY?
- No single letter can be added to EQUIVALENCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of EQUIVALENCY:
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