KILTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KILTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KILTY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KILTY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KILTY
No single letter turns KILTY into another word.
How KILTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KILTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does KILTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalScots
An informal name for a Scottish soldier who wears a kilt as part of his regimental uniform.
Kilty was used informally, particularly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, for soldiers of Highland regiments in the British Army whose dress uniform included the kilt rather than trousers. The word takes its form directly from kilt, the pleated tartan garment, and often carried a mildly affectionate or joking tone rather than a formal military one. Today a kilty is met mostly in older military memoirs and histories of Highland regiments.
How KILTY is used
Informal and dated; met in older accounts of Highland regiments rather than in current military terminology.
- The old photograph showed a kilty standing guard outside the barracks.
- Locals cheered as the kilty regiment marched through the town.
- His grandfather served as a kilty during the First World War.
- The memoir describes the kilty's pride in his regiment's tartan.
- Tourists posed for photographs beside the kilty at the castle gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KILTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KILTY
Common questions about KILTY
- Is KILTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KILTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KILTY worth?
- KILTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KILTY mean?
- An informal name for a Scottish soldier who wears a kilt as part of his regimental uniform.
- What letters can be added to KILTY?
- No single letter can be added to KILTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KILTY:
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