FOOTY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FOOTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOOTY?
| 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 FOOTY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOOTY
No single letter turns FOOTY into another word.
How FOOTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOOTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What stands out about FOOTY
- The letters of FOOTY 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 FOOTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
Football, in the name of whichever code is played locally.
Which game footy means depends entirely on where the word is said: Australian rules in Melbourne, rugby league in Sydney and northern England, association football nearly everywhere else. Nobody uses it about a sport they dislike, and it belongs to playing and watching rather than to reporting — commentators say the full name.
How FOOTY is used
Uncountable: a game of footy, down at the footy. Chiefly Australian and British.
- They played footy in the street until it was dark.
- He goes to the footy every second Saturday.
- Footy means one thing in Melbourne and another in Manchester.
- A season of footy leaves its mark on the grass.
- She has followed the footy since she was six.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOOTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FOOTY
Common questions about FOOTY
- Is FOOTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOOTY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOOTY worth?
- FOOTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOOTY mean?
- Football, in the name of whichever code is played locally.
- What letters can be added to FOOTY?
- No single letter can be added to FOOTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOOTY:
Open FOOTY in the Word Finder