HORRIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HORRIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORRIFY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORRIFY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORRIFY
No single letter turns HORRIFY into another word.
How HORRIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HORRIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,853 thousand.
What does HORRIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fill someone with horror or shock.
Terrible news or a cruel sight can horrify a person so deeply that they cannot speak. The word is stronger than upset and close to appall. People are usually horrified by something they find morally wrong.
How HORRIFY is used
Horrify is common in news writing and fiction, often in the passive form be horrified.
- The footage of the flood will horrify anyone who sees it.
- It would horrify him to learn how the animals had been treated.
- The sudden crash did not horrify the crowd as much as the silence after it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORRIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HORRIFY
2 longer words begin with HORRIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in HORRIFY
Common questions about HORRIFY
- Is HORRIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORRIFY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORRIFY worth?
- HORRIFY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORRIFY mean?
- To fill someone with horror or shock.
- What letters can be added to HORRIFY?
- No single letter can be added to HORRIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HORRIFY:
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