SCURFY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SCURFY 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 SCURFY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCURFY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCURFY
No single letter turns SCURFY into another word.
How SCURFY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCURFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What stands out about SCURFY
- SCURFY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCURFY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Covered with small dry flakes of dead skin, as dandruff does the scalp.
The adjective belongs to skin and scalp care, and it is also used for plants or bark with a flaky coating. It describes a surface that looks dusty and rough rather than smooth. Calling a patch scurfy points to flaking, not to wetness.
How SCURFY is used
Used mainly of skin, scalp or fur, in a plain descriptive way, and a little old-fashioned.
- The dog had a scurfy patch behind its ears.
- A scurfy scalp can be eased with a gentle shampoo.
- The old bark looked grey and scurfy in the cold light.
- His scurfy elbows needed cream every night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCURFY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCURFY
Common questions about SCURFY
- Is SCURFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCURFY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCURFY worth?
- SCURFY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCURFY mean?
- Covered with small dry flakes of dead skin, as dandruff does the scalp.
- What letters can be added to SCURFY?
- No single letter can be added to SCURFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCURFY:
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