INFELICITY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. INFELICITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFELICITY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFELICITY is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFELICITY
No single letter turns INFELICITY into another word.
How INFELICITY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INFELICITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INFELICITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INFELICITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
An unsuitable or awkward remark or expression, or a state of unhappiness.
A critic may point to an infelicity in a sentence that is clumsy but not wrong. In older writing, infelicity also named plain misfortune.
How INFELICITY is used
The word infelicity is formal and appears in literary criticism.
- The essay contains an occasional infelicity of style.
- He regretted the infelicity of his phrasing.
- The poem is marred by one small infelicity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFELICITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INFELICITY
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Common questions about INFELICITY
- Is INFELICITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFELICITY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFELICITY worth?
- INFELICITY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFELICITY mean?
- An unsuitable or awkward remark or expression, or a state of unhappiness.
- What letters can be added to INFELICITY?
- No single letter can be added to INFELICITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INFELICITY:
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