LUNACY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LUNACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUNACY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUNACY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUNACY
No single letter turns LUNACY into another word.
How LUNACY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LUNACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does LUNACY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Wild foolishness or senseless behaviour; in older usage, insanity.
Lunacy comes from the Latin luna, the moon, because madness was once believed to wax and wane with the moon. Nowadays the word is a strong way of calling an idea or action absurd, as in the sheer lunacy of driving through a flood. Older medical and legal texts used it for mental illness, but that sense is obsolete and now considered insensitive. In everyday English it is hyperbole rather than diagnosis.
How LUNACY is used
Used figuratively for reckless folly; as a term for mental illness it is outdated.
- Sailing out in that gale was sheer lunacy.
- The committee dismissed the plan as financial lunacy.
- There was a streak of lunacy in the way he drove.
- It would be lunacy to sell the house before the survey.
- The old statute spoke of lunacy where we now say mental illness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUNACY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LUNACY
Common questions about LUNACY
- Is LUNACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUNACY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUNACY worth?
- LUNACY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUNACY mean?
- Wild foolishness or senseless behaviour; in older usage, insanity.
- What letters can be added to LUNACY?
- No single letter can be added to LUNACY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LUNACY:
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