PROPHESY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PROPHESY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROPHESY?
| 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 PROPHESY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROPHESY
No single letter turns PROPHESY into another word.
How PROPHESY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PROPHESY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROPHESY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROPHESY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To say what will happen in the future, often by divine inspiration.
In English the verb is spelled prophesy and the noun prophecy, a difference that trips up many writers. People prophesy disaster or success, and in a religious sense a prophet may prophesy because he believes he speaks for God.
How PROPHESY is used
Used in religious, literary and everyday English for foretelling events.
- The old seer did prophesy a long and bitter winter.
- Nobody could prophesy how the vote would turn out.
- He stood at the gate and began to prophesy the fall of the city.
- Economists who prophesy a crash are seldom thanked.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROPHESY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROPHESY
2 longer words begin with PROPHESY.
Shorter words from the letters in PROPHESY
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Common questions about PROPHESY
- Is PROPHESY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROPHESY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROPHESY worth?
- PROPHESY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROPHESY mean?
- To say what will happen in the future, often by divine inspiration.
- What letters can be added to PROPHESY?
- No single letter can be added to PROPHESY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PROPHESY:
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