LECCY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. LECCY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LECCY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LECCY 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 LECCY
No single letter turns LECCY into another word.
How LECCY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LECCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does LECCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
An informal British word for electricity, especially the household supply and its cost.
Leccy shortens electricity the way several British household words shorten a longer formal term, and it turns up mainly in talk about bills and meters rather than in any technical sense. Nobody writes leccy in a physics textbook; it belongs to the kitchen table and the meter cupboard.
How LECCY is used
Informal, chiefly British; used mainly of the domestic supply and its cost.
- The leccy bill went up again this quarter.
- She topped up the leccy meter before the shop closed.
- Turn the leccy off at the wall when you leave.
- He complained that the leccy costs more every winter.
- The word leccy is heard far more than electricity at home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LECCY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LECCY
The 5 tiles of LECCY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LECCY
Common questions about LECCY
- Is LECCY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LECCY is not in it.
- How many points is LECCY worth?
- LECCY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LECCY mean?
- An informal British word for electricity, especially the household supply and its cost.
- What letters can be added to LECCY?
- No single letter can be added to LECCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LECCY:
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