ETHNICITY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ETHNICITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETHNICITY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETHNICITY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHNICITY
No single letter turns ETHNICITY into another word.
How ETHNICITY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ETHNICITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ETHNICITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ETHNICITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Membership of a social group that shares a common national or cultural tradition, language or ancestry.
Surveys and census forms often ask about a person's ethnicity so that communities can be counted and served. Ethnicity is about shared culture and heritage, which is not the same thing as nationality.
How ETHNICITY is used
Ethnicity appears on forms, in research and in discussion of identity.
- The form asked each applicant to state their ethnicity.
- Language and food were central to her sense of ethnicity.
- The city is known for the ethnicity of its many neighbourhoods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHNICITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHNICITY
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Common questions about ETHNICITY
- Is ETHNICITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHNICITY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHNICITY worth?
- ETHNICITY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHNICITY mean?
- Membership of a social group that shares a common national or cultural tradition, language or ancestry.
- What letters can be added to ETHNICITY?
- No single letter can be added to ETHNICITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ETHNICITY:
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