RADIANCY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RADIANCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RADIANCY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RADIANCY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RADIANCY
No single letter turns RADIANCY into another word.
How RADIANCY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RADIANCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RADIANCY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RADIANCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
The quality of shining brightly, or of glowing with joy or health.
Radiancy is an older variant of radiance, found mostly in poetry and formal description. It can refer to a sunlit sky as readily as to a face lit by happiness.
How RADIANCY is used
Literary and uncommon; radiance is the usual form today.
- The radiancy of the morning sky lifted her mood.
- A quiet radiancy shone from the bride.
- The poet lingers on the radiancy of the stars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RADIANCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RADIANCY
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Common questions about RADIANCY
- Is RADIANCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RADIANCY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RADIANCY worth?
- RADIANCY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RADIANCY mean?
- The quality of shining brightly, or of glowing with joy or health.
- What letters can be added to RADIANCY?
- No single letter can be added to RADIANCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RADIANCY:
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