INHABITANCY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. INHABITANCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INHABITANCY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INHABITANCY is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INHABITANCY
No single letter turns INHABITANCY into another word.
How INHABITANCY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in INHABITANCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INHABITANCY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INHABITANCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formallegal
The state of living in a place, especially long enough to gain legal rights there.
Inhabitancy in a parish once decided who could claim poor relief. Legal writers still use it for the status of a resident, and it is rarer than residence.
How INHABITANCY is used
Inhabitancy is a formal and legal term.
- The law required a year of inhabitancy before voting.
- Proof of inhabitancy was needed to claim the grant.
- His inhabitancy of the valley lasted forty years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INHABITANCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INHABITANCY
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Common questions about INHABITANCY
- Is INHABITANCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INHABITANCY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INHABITANCY worth?
- INHABITANCY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INHABITANCY mean?
- The state of living in a place, especially long enough to gain legal rights there.
- What letters can be added to INHABITANCY?
- No single letter can be added to INHABITANCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of INHABITANCY:
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