LATHY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LATHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LATHY?
| 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 LATHY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LATHY
No single letter turns LATHY into another word.
How LATHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LATHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does LATHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Long, thin, and slender, in the manner of a lath of wood.
Something described as lathy is noticeably narrow for its length, the way a thin strip of wood used in building looks compared to a solid beam. Writers reach for lathy most often to describe a tall, gaunt person or animal with little bulk on the frame. The comparative and superlative forms, lathier and lathiest, follow the usual pattern for short adjectives ending in y.
How LATHY is used
Descriptive adjective, mainly literary; used for people, animals, or objects that look long and thin.
- The lathy dog had almost no spare flesh on its ribs.
- A lathy youth slouched out of the doorway.
- His arms looked lathy after months without food.
- The lathy fence posts bent easily in the wind.
- She grew tall and lathy during her teenage years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LATHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LATHY
5 longer words begin with LATHY.
Shorter words from the letters in LATHY
Common questions about LATHY
- Is LATHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LATHY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LATHY worth?
- LATHY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LATHY mean?
- Long, thin, and slender, in the manner of a lath of wood.
- What letters can be added to LATHY?
- No single letter can be added to LATHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LATHY:
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