SKETCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SKETCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKETCHY?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKETCHY is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKETCHY
No single letter turns SKETCHY into another word.
How SKETCHY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SKETCHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What stands out about SKETCHY
- SKETCHY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SKETCHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lacking detail and completeness, or informally, dishonest or suspicious.
A sketchy plan gives only the outline, much like a rough drawing. In casual speech the word has also come to mean something that feels shady or unsafe, such as a sketchy neighbourhood or a sketchy deal.
How SKETCHY is used
Sketchy is used in both neutral and informal speech, with two quite different senses.
- The report gave only sketchy details of the accident.
- I would not walk through that sketchy part of town at night.
- His memory of the evening was sketchy at best.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKETCHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SKETCHY
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Common questions about SKETCHY
- Is SKETCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKETCHY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKETCHY worth?
- SKETCHY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKETCHY mean?
- Lacking detail and completeness, or informally, dishonest or suspicious.
- What letters can be added to SKETCHY?
- No single letter can be added to SKETCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SKETCHY:
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