SILTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SILTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILTY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILTY
No single letter turns SILTY into another word.
How SILTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SILTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does SILTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Made up largely of silt, or resembling it in texture and appearance.
Silty describes soil, water, or sediment carrying a high proportion of fine particles midway in size between sand and clay. Farmers and engineers pay close attention to silty ground because it drains differently from sandy or clay-heavy soil and can behave unpredictably under heavy loads. A silty river typically looks cloudy or brown, since the fine particles stay suspended in the moving water rather than settling quickly. The word is built directly from the noun silt with the common adjective ending -y, the same pattern seen in sandy or muddy.
How SILTY is used
Technical and everyday adjective used mainly in geology, agriculture and engineering to describe soil or water.
- The riverbank had a silty texture underfoot.
- Engineers tested the silty soil before laying the foundation.
- After the flood, the water ran silty and brown.
- Rice grows well in silty fields near the delta.
- The silty deposit built up slowly behind the dam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SILTY
The 5 tiles of SILTY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SILTY
Common questions about SILTY
- Is SILTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILTY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILTY worth?
- SILTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILTY mean?
- Made up largely of silt, or resembling it in texture and appearance.
- What letters can be added to SILTY?
- No single letter can be added to SILTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SILTY:
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