LACY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LACY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACY
No single letter turns LACY into another word.
How LACY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about LACY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LACY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling lace; delicately patterned.
Lacy describes a pattern of holes rather than the material itself, which is why frost and ironwork are both called it. The word is nineteenth-century and the noun behind it is far older.
How LACY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A lacy pattern of frost across the whole window.
- The word lacy describes holes and not cloth.
- Lacy ironwork along the balcony of every house.
- The shadow was lacy where the leaves overlapped.
- Lacy is much younger than the noun it comes from.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LACY
The 4 tiles of LACY in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in LACY
6 words end in LACY. Useful as a back hook: play LACY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LACY
Common questions about LACY
- Is LACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACY worth?
- LACY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACY mean?
- Resembling lace; delicately patterned.
- What letters can be added to LACY?
- No single letter can be added to LACY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LACY:
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