INFANCY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. INFANCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFANCY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFANCY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFANCY
No single letter turns INFANCY into another word.
How INFANCY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in INFANCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,647 thousand.
What does INFANCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The earliest period of a child's life, or the early stage of anything's development.
Infancy covers the first years of life, when a child is learning to walk and speak. It is also used for new ventures and ideas that have only just begun, such as an industry in its infancy. In law it can mean being under the age of majority.
How INFANCY is used
Infancy is used for early childhood and, figuratively, for the first stage of a field or project.
- She spent her infancy in a small fishing village.
- Space tourism is still in its infancy.
- Many illnesses of infancy are now preventable by vaccination.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFANCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INFANCY
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Common questions about INFANCY
- Is INFANCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFANCY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFANCY worth?
- INFANCY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFANCY mean?
- The earliest period of a child's life, or the early stage of anything's development.
- What letters can be added to INFANCY?
- No single letter can be added to INFANCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of INFANCY:
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