HEFTY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HEFTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEFTY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEFTY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEFTY
No single letter turns HEFTY into another word.
How HEFTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HEFTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does HEFTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Large, heavy, and often powerfully built.
Hefty describes something or someone that stands out for size and weight together, whether a hefty parcel that takes both arms to carry or a hefty man with broad shoulders. The word is also used loosely of amounts, so a hefty fine or a hefty price tag simply means an unusually large one. It carries a slightly informal, everyday tone rather than a technical or literary one.
How HEFTY is used
Informal and common in everyday speech about size, strength, or large amounts of money.
- He lifted the hefty crate onto the truck without help.
- The company paid a hefty fine for the safety violation.
- A hefty man stood guard at the entrance.
- The hefty parcel barely fit through the front door.
- She was surprised by the hefty price tag on the small item.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEFTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEFTY
Common questions about HEFTY
- Is HEFTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEFTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEFTY worth?
- HEFTY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEFTY mean?
- Large, heavy, and often powerfully built.
- What letters can be added to HEFTY?
- No single letter can be added to HEFTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HEFTY:
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