FEMINACY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. FEMINACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEMINACY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEMINACY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEMINACY
No single letter turns FEMINACY into another word.
How FEMINACY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FEMINACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FEMINACY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FEMINACY
- All 8 letters of FEMINACY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FEMINACY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The state or quality of being female; womanly character.
Feminacy is an uncommon word for the condition of being a woman, close in sense to femininity. It turns up in older or deliberately formal writing. Most modern writers would pick femininity instead.
How FEMINACY is used
Feminacy is a rare noun, now seldom used outside dictionaries and word games.
- The poem praises the quiet feminacy of its heroine.
- An old essay discusses feminacy and its place in society.
- Few writers today would use the word feminacy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEMINACY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FEMINACY
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Common questions about FEMINACY
- Is FEMINACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEMINACY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEMINACY worth?
- FEMINACY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEMINACY mean?
- The state or quality of being female; womanly character.
- What letters can be added to FEMINACY?
- No single letter can be added to FEMINACY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FEMINACY:
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