MANGY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MANGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANGY?
| 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 MANGY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANGY
No single letter turns MANGY into another word.
How MANGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MANGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does MANGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Affected with mange, or, more broadly, shabby, worn, or dirty in appearance.
Mangy describes an animal whose fur has been damaged by mange, a skin disease that causes patchy hair loss and irritation. The word later broadened beyond disease to describe anything looking unkempt, thin, or in poor repair, such as a moth-eaten coat or a threadbare rug. Calling a place or object mangy suggests neglect rather than actual illness.
How MANGY is used
Informal in tone, used both literally of diseased animals and loosely of shabby, worn things.
- The mangy old dog scratched constantly at its bald patches.
- A mangy stray cat crept along the alley looking for scraps.
- The hotel room had a mangy carpet worn thin by decades of traffic.
- Vets treated the mangy fox before releasing it back into the woods.
- He wore a mangy fur coat that had seen far better days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MANGY
Common questions about MANGY
- Is MANGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANGY worth?
- MANGY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANGY mean?
- Affected with mange, or, more broadly, shabby, worn, or dirty in appearance.
- What letters can be added to MANGY?
- No single letter can be added to MANGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MANGY:
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