PACY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PACY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PACY is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PACY
Front hooks — 1
spacyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PACY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does PACY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Fast-moving; brisk in tempo.
Pacy is British and used about films, books and players alike, and it is nearly always approving. American writing prefers a different form of the same idea and rarely reaches for this one.
How PACY is used
Before and after the noun. British.
- A pacy thriller that nobody remembers a week later.
- The word pacy is British and almost always approving.
- A pacy winger is worth two careful ones.
- More pacy than the first half and no better organised.
- American writing rarely uses pacy at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PACY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PACY
4 words end in PACY. Useful as a back hook: play PACY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PACY
Common questions about PACY
- Is PACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PACY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PACY worth?
- PACY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PACY mean?
- Fast-moving; brisk in tempo.
- What letters can be added to PACY?
- PACY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PACY:
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