ILLUSORY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ILLUSORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILLUSORY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILLUSORY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILLUSORY
No single letter turns ILLUSORY into another word.
How ILLUSORY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ILLUSORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ILLUSORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ILLUSORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Seeming real or true but actually false and without substance.
Things that are illusory look convincing at first glance and then dissolve under inspection, such as hopes of a quick profit. The shorter relative illusive is rarer and mostly found in older writing.
How ILLUSORY is used
Common in careful prose about hopes, gains, safety and similar abstractions.
- The savings turned out to be illusory once the fees were added up.
- He chased an illusory sense of security.
- Their lead in the polls proved illusory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILLUSORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ILLUSORY
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Common questions about ILLUSORY
- Is ILLUSORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILLUSORY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILLUSORY worth?
- ILLUSORY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILLUSORY mean?
- Seeming real or true but actually false and without substance.
- What letters can be added to ILLUSORY?
- No single letter can be added to ILLUSORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ILLUSORY:
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