FILMY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FILMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILMY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILMY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILMY
No single letter turns FILMY into another word.
How FILMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FILMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What stands out about FILMY
- The letters of FILMY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FILMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Thin, light and almost transparent, like a delicate film or layer of material.
Filmy describes fabrics, liquids or coverings that are so thin they let light or the shape beneath them show through, such as a filmy curtain or a filmy layer of oil on water. The word comes from film in the sense of a thin coating rather than from cinema, and it is often used for cloth, mist or a light coating over the eyes. Writers reach for filmy when plain thin does not capture the delicate, slightly hazy quality of the surface being described. It suggests fragility as well as transparency.
How FILMY is used
Used mainly for fabric, mist or thin coatings that are delicate and semi-transparent.
- She wore a filmy scarf that fluttered in the breeze.
- A filmy layer of oil spread slowly across the puddle.
- The old window had a filmy coating of dust on the glass.
- His eyes looked filmy after the long, sleepless night.
- The dress was made of a filmy fabric that caught the light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FILMY
Common questions about FILMY
- Is FILMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILMY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILMY worth?
- FILMY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILMY mean?
- Thin, light and almost transparent, like a delicate film or layer of material.
- What letters can be added to FILMY?
- No single letter can be added to FILMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FILMY:
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