PATSY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PATSY 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 PATSY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATSY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATSY
No single letter turns PATSY into another word.
How PATSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PATSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about PATSY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PATSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
An informal term for a person who is easily deceived, blamed, or used to take the consequences for someone else's actions.
A patsy takes the blame while the real wrongdoer stays hidden, which is why the word turns up constantly in crime fiction and conspiracy stories, where a minor character is set up to look guilty in place of the actual culprit. Outside crime writing, patsy also describes anyone gullible enough to be talked into a bad deal or an unfair task, without necessarily being framed for a crime. The word likely grew out of American slang of the early twentieth century, and it remains far more common in North American speech than in British English.
How PATSY is used
Informal and disapproving, most often heard in North American speech and in crime fiction describing someone framed or easily fooled.
- The gang picked the newest member as their patsy for the robbery.
- He refused to be the patsy who took the blame for the whole department.
- The film's plot hinges on an innocent patsy framed for murder.
- She realized too late that she had been used as a patsy in the scheme.
- Investigators eventually cleared the patsy and found the actual thief.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PATSY
The 5 tiles of PATSY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PATSY
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Common questions about PATSY
- Is PATSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATSY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATSY worth?
- PATSY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATSY mean?
- An informal term for a person who is easily deceived, blamed, or used to take the consequences for someone else's actions.
- What letters can be added to PATSY?
- No single letter can be added to PATSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PATSY:
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