SHARPY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SHARPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHARPY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHARPY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHARPY
No single letter turns SHARPY into another word.
How SHARPY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHARPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about SHARPY
- SHARPY 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 SHARPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A clever, alert person, or a flat-bottomed sailing boat with a sharp bow.
Two quite separate uses share the spelling. One is a boat type from New England waters, and the other is a person who is quick or shrewd, sometimes a cardplayer who takes advantage of others. Context tells you whether sharpy means the boat or the person.
How SHARPY is used
Used in sailing talk for the boat and in casual speech for a shrewd operator.
- The sharpy slid across the bay under a small sail.
- He was a sharpy who never lost at cards.
- A sharpy with two masts was moored by the pier.
- Watch the sharpy at the next table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHARPY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHARPY
The 6 tiles of SHARPY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SHARPY
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Common questions about SHARPY
- Is SHARPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHARPY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHARPY worth?
- SHARPY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHARPY mean?
- A clever, alert person, or a flat-bottomed sailing boat with a sharp bow.
- What letters can be added to SHARPY?
- No single letter can be added to SHARPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHARPY:
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