SCHMALTZY is a valid Scrabble word — 28 points
Yes. SCHMALTZY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 28 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCHMALTZY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCHMALTZY is to know. It scores 28 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCHMALTZY
No single letter turns SCHMALTZY into another word.
How SCHMALTZY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SCHMALTZY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCHMALTZY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCHMALTZY
- All 9 letters of SCHMALTZY are different — nothing repeats.
- SCHMALTZY gets by on a single vowel across 9 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCHMALTZY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Overly sentimental in a cheap, syrupy way.
Films, songs and greeting cards can be called schmaltzy when they pour on emotion to force a tear. The word comes from Yiddish for rendered fat, which suggests something heavy and greasy. Calling a work schmaltzy is usually a mild insult.
How SCHMALTZY is used
Informal and critical, used about overdone sentiment in music, film and writing.
- The ending was so schmaltzy that the whole cinema groaned.
- He sang a schmaltzy ballad about lost love.
- The card was too schmaltzy for her taste.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCHMALTZY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCHMALTZY
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Common questions about SCHMALTZY
- Is SCHMALTZY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCHMALTZY, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCHMALTZY worth?
- SCHMALTZY is worth 28 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCHMALTZY mean?
- Overly sentimental in a cheap, syrupy way.
- What letters can be added to SCHMALTZY?
- No single letter can be added to SCHMALTZY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SCHMALTZY:
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