PRICY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PRICY 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 PRICY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRICY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRICY
No single letter turns PRICY into another word.
How PRICY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PRICY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does PRICY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Costing a lot of money; expensive.
Pricy is an informal way to describe something that costs more than expected or more than a person is comfortable paying, whether it is a meal, a holiday or a piece of clothing. It is a variant spelling of the more common pricey, and both forms appear in casual writing and speech, though pricey is somewhat more frequent. The word usually signals a personal judgement about cost rather than a precise figure.
How PRICY is used
Informal; a less common spelling of pricey, used mainly in casual writing and conversation.
- The hotel looked lovely but seemed rather pricy.
- He decided the tickets were too pricy this year.
- That restaurant is pricy but worth it for a birthday.
- Fresh fish can be pricy out of season.
- She avoided the pricy shops near the station.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRICY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRICY
The 5 tiles of PRICY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PRICY
Common questions about PRICY
- Is PRICY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRICY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRICY worth?
- PRICY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRICY mean?
- Costing a lot of money; expensive.
- What letters can be added to PRICY?
- No single letter can be added to PRICY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PRICY:
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