MODIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MODIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MODIFY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MODIFY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MODIFY
No single letter turns MODIFY into another word.
How MODIFY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MODIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does MODIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To change something slightly, usually to improve it or make it fit a new purpose.
Engineers modify designs, lawyers modify contracts and cooks modify recipes. In grammar a word that modifies another narrows or adds to its meaning, and in biology a structure can be modified over generations.
How MODIFY is used
Used widely in technical, legal, grammatical and everyday contexts.
- We had to modify the plan when the budget was cut.
- In the phrase red car, the adjective red will modify the noun.
- She chose to modify the recipe by using less sugar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MODIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MODIFY
1 longer words begin with MODIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in MODIFY
Common questions about MODIFY
- Is MODIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MODIFY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MODIFY worth?
- MODIFY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MODIFY mean?
- To change something slightly, usually to improve it or make it fit a new purpose.
- What letters can be added to MODIFY?
- No single letter can be added to MODIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MODIFY:
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