RELUCTANCY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. RELUCTANCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RELUCTANCY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RELUCTANCY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELUCTANCY
No single letter turns RELUCTANCY into another word.
How RELUCTANCY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RELUCTANCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RELUCTANCY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RELUCTANCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Unwillingness or disinclination to do something.
Reluctancy is an older, rarer form that modern writers almost always replace with reluctance. You may still meet it in older books, often in the phrase with reluctancy.
How RELUCTANCY is used
Dated; used in older literature, while reluctance is the normal modern word.
- He signed the paper with visible reluctancy.
- The old letter spoke of her reluctancy to leave home.
- Their reluctancy to speak made the meeting awkward.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELUCTANCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RELUCTANCY
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Common questions about RELUCTANCY
- Is RELUCTANCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELUCTANCY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELUCTANCY worth?
- RELUCTANCY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELUCTANCY mean?
- Unwillingness or disinclination to do something.
- What letters can be added to RELUCTANCY?
- No single letter can be added to RELUCTANCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RELUCTANCY:
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