PRETTIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PRETTIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRETTIFY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRETTIFY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRETTIFY
No single letter turns PRETTIFY into another word.
How PRETTIFY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PRETTIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRETTIFY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRETTIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something look more attractive, often only on the surface.
To prettify is to add decoration, sometimes to cover a flaw rather than fix it. Critics use the word for an account that makes an ugly truth easier to swallow.
How PRETTIFY is used
Used for design, writing and fixing up appearances, sometimes with a hint of criticism.
- They planted flowers to prettify the empty lot.
- The report tried to prettify the disappointing sales figures.
- A fresh coat of paint will prettify the old fence.
- He refused to prettify the story for the cameras.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRETTIFY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRETTIFY
1 longer words begin with PRETTIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in PRETTIFY
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Common questions about PRETTIFY
- Is PRETTIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRETTIFY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRETTIFY worth?
- PRETTIFY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRETTIFY mean?
- To make something look more attractive, often only on the surface.
- What letters can be added to PRETTIFY?
- No single letter can be added to PRETTIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PRETTIFY:
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