RECENCY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RECENCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RECENCY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RECENCY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RECENCY
No single letter turns RECENCY into another word.
How RECENCY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RECENCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369 thousand.
What does RECENCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of having happened or appeared not long ago.
Researchers talk about recency when they weigh how fresh a piece of evidence is, and psychologists use recency effect for the way the last items in a list are remembered best. A news editor may favour stories on grounds of recency.
How RECENCY is used
The noun recency often appears in phrases about memory, data and news value.
- The recency of the report made it more useful to the committee.
- Search results can be sorted by relevance or by recency.
- The recency effect explains why you recall the last name you heard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RECENCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RECENCY
Common questions about RECENCY
- Is RECENCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RECENCY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RECENCY worth?
- RECENCY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RECENCY mean?
- The quality of having happened or appeared not long ago.
- What letters can be added to RECENCY?
- No single letter can be added to RECENCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RECENCY:
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