SCURVY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SCURVY 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 SCURVY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCURVY 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 SCURVY
No single letter turns SCURVY into another word.
How SCURVY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCURVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What stands out about SCURVY
- SCURVY 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 SCURVY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, marked by weakness, bleeding gums and slow healing of wounds.
Long sea voyages once made scurvy a famous danger, until fresh citrus fruit was supplied to crews. Today it is rare, and doctors mention it when a diet has almost no fresh produce.
How SCURVY is used
Used in medicine and history, often about sailors; as an adjective it is also a dated word for contemptible.
- Many sailors died of scurvy before limes were carried on ships.
- Bleeding gums were an early sign of scurvy.
- The explorers avoided scurvy by eating fresh berries.
- Doctors still see scurvy in people with very poor diets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCURVY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCURVY
Common questions about SCURVY
- Is SCURVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCURVY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCURVY worth?
- SCURVY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCURVY mean?
- A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, marked by weakness, bleeding gums and slow healing of wounds.
- What letters can be added to SCURVY?
- No single letter can be added to SCURVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCURVY:
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