PACEY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PACEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PACEY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PACEY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PACEY
Front hooks — 1
spaceyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PACEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PACEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does PACEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Moving or developing quickly; fast-paced, especially in sport, film or narrative.
A pacey winger covers ground faster than defenders can react, and a pacey thriller keeps the plot moving without long slow stretches for the reader to lose interest. British sports commentary uses pacey constantly to describe players whose main strength is raw speed rather than skill on the ball. Reviewers borrow the same word for books, films and television that move briskly from one event to the next. The word is built directly from pace, the noun for speed or rate of movement.
How PACEY is used
Common in British sports commentary and in reviews of books or film, describing speed of movement or of plot.
- The manager praised his pacey new forward after the match.
- Reviewers called the novel pacey and hard to put down.
- The pacey opening episode hooked viewers straight away.
- He was too pacey for the defender to catch on the wing.
- The director kept the chase scene pacey with quick cuts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PACEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PACEY
1 words end in PACEY. Useful as a back hook: play PACEY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PACEY
Common questions about PACEY
- Is PACEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PACEY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PACEY worth?
- PACEY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PACEY mean?
- Moving or developing quickly; fast-paced, especially in sport, film or narrative.
- What letters can be added to PACEY?
- PACEY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PACEY:
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