HORSY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HORSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORSY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORSY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORSY
No single letter turns HORSY into another word.
How HORSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HORSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What stands out about HORSY
- The letters of HORSY 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 HORSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Resembling a horse in appearance or manner, or closely devoted to horses and horse racing.
Horsy can describe physical features that recall a horse, such as a long face, but it is used just as often for people whose lives revolve around riding, breeding, or racing. A horsy crowd at a stable or a racetrack is one whose talk and interests center on horses.
How HORSY is used
Informal adjective, most often heard in British speech about riders, stables and racing circles.
- She grew up in a horsy family that bred hunters every spring.
- His long, horsy face made the cartoonist's job easy.
- The village has a horsy feel, with stables on every lane.
- They spent the weekend at a horsy show swapping saddle gossip.
- A horsy laugh rang out from the back of the pub.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HORSY
Common questions about HORSY
- Is HORSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORSY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORSY worth?
- HORSY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORSY mean?
- Resembling a horse in appearance or manner, or closely devoted to horses and horse racing.
- What letters can be added to HORSY?
- No single letter can be added to HORSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HORSY:
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