SEAMY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SEAMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEAMY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEAMY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEAMY
No single letter turns SEAMY into another word.
How SEAMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SEAMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about SEAMY
- 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 SEAMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Sordid, disreputable or unpleasant, especially referring to a hidden or less respectable side of something.
Seamy usually appears in the fixed phrase the seamy side, describing the disreputable or otherwise unpleasant aspects of a place or way of life that are normally kept out of view. The image comes from the rough, ragged seam on the inside of a garment, hidden beneath the smooth outer surface.
How SEAMY is used
Mostly used in the set phrase the seamy side of something; fairly literary in tone.
- The novel exposes the seamy side of city nightlife.
- Reporters investigated the seamy underworld of the docks.
- His memoir does not shy away from the seamy details of prison life.
- The film portrays the seamy dealings behind the glamorous surface.
- She wrote about the seamy history of the old hotel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEAMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEAMY
The 5 tiles of SEAMY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SEAMY
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Common questions about SEAMY
- Is SEAMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEAMY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEAMY worth?
- SEAMY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEAMY mean?
- Sordid, disreputable or unpleasant, especially referring to a hidden or less respectable side of something.
- What letters can be added to SEAMY?
- No single letter can be added to SEAMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SEAMY:
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