HONESTY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HONESTY 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 HONESTY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HONESTY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HONESTY
No single letter turns HONESTY into another word.
How HONESTY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HONESTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does HONESTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being truthful and free from deceit.
Honesty covers telling the truth, not stealing and not misleading others, and people often rank it above cleverness in a friend. It is also the name of a garden plant with flat, papery seed pods, and a roadside stall that runs on an honesty box relies on this trait in its customers.
How HONESTY is used
The word honesty names a moral virtue and also a plant with round, silvery seed pods.
- Her honesty won the trust of everyone in the office.
- Honesty is the best policy, as the saying goes.
- We left coins in the honesty box and took the eggs.
- Dried honesty looks lovely in a vase of winter flowers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HONESTY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HONESTY
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Common questions about HONESTY
- Is HONESTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONESTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HONESTY worth?
- HONESTY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HONESTY mean?
- The quality of being truthful and free from deceit.
- What letters can be added to HONESTY?
- No single letter can be added to HONESTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HONESTY:
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