MAZY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MAZY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAZY?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAZY is to know. It scores 18 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAZY
No single letter turns MAZY into another word.
How MAZY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MAZY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What stands out about MAZY
- MAZY scores 18 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MAZY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Winding and confusing, like a labyrinth.
Mazy is poetic in modern English and survives mostly in sports commentary, where a mazy run is a fixed phrase nobody questions. It is older than the garden sense of maze, which came along after both.
How MAZY is used
Before the noun. Chiefly literary or sporting.
- A mazy run through four defenders and then a bad pass.
- The word mazy is older than the garden sense of maze.
- Mazy paths through a wood that was planted straight.
- Commentary keeps mazy alive on its own.
- A mazy argument arrives nowhere slowly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAZY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAZY
The 4 tiles of MAZY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MAZY
Common questions about MAZY
- Is MAZY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAZY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAZY worth?
- MAZY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAZY mean?
- Winding and confusing, like a labyrinth.
- What letters can be added to MAZY?
- No single letter can be added to MAZY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MAZY:
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