REEKY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. REEKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REEKY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REEKY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REEKY
Front hooks — 1
creekyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How REEKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in REEKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 95,060.
What stands out about REEKY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does REEKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicScotsrare
Giving off smoke or a smoky smell; smoky.
Reeky describes something thick with smoke or carrying its smell, coming from the older sense of reek meaning smoke rather than the modern sense of a bad odour. It survives best in the nickname Auld Reekie for Edinburgh, given because of the smoke that once hung over the city's chimneys. Outside such fixed phrases, reeky is now rare and mostly found in older or dialect writing.
How REEKY is used
Archaic and dialect, chiefly Scots; best known from the traditional nickname for Edinburgh.
- The reeky chimneys covered the town in haze.
- Old writers called Edinburgh the reeky city.
- Smoke made the tavern dark and reeky.
- The reeky air stung their eyes at once.
- A reeky fire smouldered in the corner grate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REEKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REEKY
The 5 tiles of REEKY in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in REEKY
1 words end in REEKY. Useful as a back hook: play REEKY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in REEKY
Common questions about REEKY
- Is REEKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REEKY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REEKY worth?
- REEKY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REEKY mean?
- Giving off smoke or a smoky smell; smoky.
- What letters can be added to REEKY?
- REEKY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of REEKY:
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