GHOSTY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GHOSTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GHOSTY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GHOSTY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GHOSTY
No single letter turns GHOSTY into another word.
How GHOSTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GHOSTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about GHOSTY
- GHOSTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The letters of GHOSTY 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 GHOSTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having the look, feel or manner of a ghost; pale, eerie or spectral.
Ghosty is a casual, slightly playful word, the sort a storyteller or a child might use for a faint pale shape in the dark. It is rarer and lighter in tone than the standard word ghostly, and it turns up in informal writing, in descriptions of colour and light, and in spooky tales told for fun.
How GHOSTY is used
Informal; the usual formal choice is ghostly.
- A ghosty white shape hung over the hedge at dusk.
- The lamp gave the attic a ghosty glow.
- He told a ghosty tale around the campfire.
- Her ghosty voice drifted down the hall.
- The fog made the whole harbour look ghosty and strange.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GHOSTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GHOSTY
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Common questions about GHOSTY
- Is GHOSTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GHOSTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GHOSTY worth?
- GHOSTY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GHOSTY mean?
- Having the look, feel or manner of a ghost; pale, eerie or spectral.
- What letters can be added to GHOSTY?
- No single letter can be added to GHOSTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GHOSTY:
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