PYGMY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PYGMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYGMY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYGMY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYGMY
No single letter turns PYGMY into another word.
How PYGMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PYGMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,274 thousand.
What does PYGMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Unusually small in size compared with others of its kind, especially referring to an animal or plant variety.
Pygmy is used as an adjective for a notably small variety within a species, such as a pygmy hippopotamus or a pygmy shrew, both of which are miniature versions of larger relatives. In general use it can describe anything remarkably undersized, from a pygmy tree to a pygmy planet. The word signals scale alone, comparing one thing against the normal size of its group.
How PYGMY is used
Used mainly as a scientific and general descriptive term for small varieties of animals and plants, not as a label for people.
- The zoo added a pygmy hippopotamus to its collection.
- A pygmy shrew is one of the smallest mammals alive.
- The gardener grew a pygmy variety of pine.
- Scientists studied the pygmy owl's unusual size.
- The aquarium featured a pygmy seahorse no bigger than a fingernail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYGMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYGMY
3 longer words begin with PYGMY.
Shorter words from the letters in PYGMY
Common questions about PYGMY
- Is PYGMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYGMY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYGMY worth?
- PYGMY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYGMY mean?
- Unusually small in size compared with others of its kind, especially referring to an animal or plant variety.
- What letters can be added to PYGMY?
- No single letter can be added to PYGMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PYGMY:
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