SHMALTZY is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. SHMALTZY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHMALTZY?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHMALTZY is to know. It scores 25 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHMALTZY
No single letter turns SHMALTZY into another word.
How SHMALTZY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SHMALTZY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| 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 SHMALTZY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SHMALTZY
- All 8 letters of SHMALTZY are different — nothing repeats.
- SHMALTZY gets by on a single vowel across 8 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHMALTZY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Overly sentimental in a gushing, slightly cheap way.
Something shmaltzy pours on the feeling so heavily that it stops being touching. Film scores, greeting cards and love songs are the usual targets of this complaint.
How SHMALTZY is used
An informal word of mild criticism for music, films or speeches that try too hard to tug at the heart.
- The movie ends with a shmaltzy reunion on a train platform.
- He sang a shmaltzy ballad that made the crowd groan and smile.
- Her speech got a bit shmaltzy near the end.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHMALTZY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHMALTZY
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Common questions about SHMALTZY
- Is SHMALTZY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHMALTZY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHMALTZY worth?
- SHMALTZY is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHMALTZY mean?
- Overly sentimental in a gushing, slightly cheap way.
- What letters can be added to SHMALTZY?
- No single letter can be added to SHMALTZY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SHMALTZY:
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