PETTY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PETTY 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 PETTY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PETTY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PETTY
No single letter turns PETTY into another word.
How PETTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PETTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 104,566.
What does PETTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of little importance; concerned with small, trivial matters, or narrow-minded about small things.
Petty describes something too small in scale or consequence to deserve serious attention, such as a petty quarrel or a petty complaint. Applied to a person, it can also mean small-minded, someone who takes minor slights far too seriously. The word appears in fixed phrases too, including petty cash for small everyday expenses and petty theft for low-value stealing. Across these uses the common thread is smallness, whether of the matter itself or of the attitude behind it.
How PETTY is used
Common in everyday speech and writing, often with a critical tone when describing a person's behaviour.
- They argued over a petty detail that nobody would remember a week later.
- The office kept a tin of petty cash for stamps and small supplies.
- He was fined for petty theft after taking a chocolate bar from the shop.
- She thought it petty of him to bring up an old joke as an insult.
- Their petty squabbling wasted most of the meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PETTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PETTY
Common questions about PETTY
- Is PETTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PETTY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PETTY worth?
- PETTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PETTY mean?
- Of little importance; concerned with small, trivial matters, or narrow-minded about small things.
- What letters can be added to PETTY?
- No single letter can be added to PETTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PETTY:
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