MUCKY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MUCKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUCKY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUCKY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUCKY
No single letter turns MUCKY into another word.
How MUCKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MUCKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,353 thousand.
What does MUCKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Covered in or full of dirt, mud or filth.
Mucky describes surfaces or places made unpleasant by wet dirt, in the way a farmyard or a flooded path turns mucky after rain. The word also describes hands, clothes or boots that have picked up grime from such a place. Beyond literal dirt, it is sometimes used loosely of anything sordid or distasteful. Its everyday, slightly childish tone keeps it out of formal writing.
How MUCKY is used
Informal, common in British speech for anything visibly dirty or muddy.
- The children came home with mucky boots after playing in the field.
- Rain had turned the lane into a mucky mess.
- She scrubbed the mucky pots left from the barbecue.
- His overalls were mucky by the end of the shift.
- Nobody wanted to sit on the mucky bench by the gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUCKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUCKY
2 longer words begin with MUCKY.
Words ending in MUCKY
2 words end in MUCKY. Useful as a back hook: play MUCKY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in MUCKY
Common questions about MUCKY
- Is MUCKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUCKY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUCKY worth?
- MUCKY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUCKY mean?
- Covered in or full of dirt, mud or filth.
- What letters can be added to MUCKY?
- No single letter can be added to MUCKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MUCKY:
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