RACY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RACY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RACY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RACY
Front hooks — 1
oracyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RACY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does RACY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lively and slightly indecent.
Racy first described wine that tasted distinctly of its own vineyard, and the sense about mild indecency grew out of that liveliness. The change took about a century to complete.
How RACY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A racy passage that nobody would notice now.
- The word racy first described wine.
- Racy meant characterful before it meant indecent.
- The shift in racy took about a hundred years.
- More racy than the publisher expected.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RACY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RACY
The 4 tiles of RACY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in RACY
Showing 24 of 76 words that end in RACY. Useful as a back hook: play RACY onto a word already on the board.
Words with RACY inside
10 words contain RACY in the middle. Words that start with RACY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RACY
Common questions about RACY
- Is RACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RACY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RACY worth?
- RACY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RACY mean?
- Lively and slightly indecent.
- What letters can be added to RACY?
- RACY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RACY:
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