MESSY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MESSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESSY?
| 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 MESSY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESSY
No single letter turns MESSY into another word.
How MESSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MESSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does MESSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Untidy, disordered, or dirty; also, complicated, confusing, or difficult to resolve cleanly.
A messy room or desk is one where things are scattered without order, while a messy situation, such as a divorce or a business dispute, is one that is emotionally or practically complicated rather than merely dirty. Both senses share the idea of a lack of clean structure, whether physical or figurative. The word is common in everyday speech about both households and human affairs.
How MESSY is used
Standard adjective, used equally of physical untidiness and of complicated, hard-to-resolve situations.
- His bedroom was too messy to walk through comfortably.
- The negotiations turned into a messy legal dispute.
- She hates leaving the kitchen messy overnight.
- It was a messy breakup that upset both families.
- The toddler made a messy pile of toys on the floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MESSY
Common questions about MESSY
- Is MESSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESSY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESSY worth?
- MESSY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESSY mean?
- Untidy, disordered, or dirty; also, complicated, confusing, or difficult to resolve cleanly.
- What letters can be added to MESSY?
- No single letter can be added to MESSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MESSY:
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