SPICY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SPICY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPICY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPICY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPICY
No single letter turns SPICY into another word.
How SPICY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPICY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does SPICY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Flavored with or containing spices; having a hot, pungent or strongly aromatic taste.
Spicy is used most often of food that carries the heat or fragrance of ingredients such as chili, pepper or ginger, and it can range from mildly warm to intensely hot. Beyond cooking, the word is applied figuratively to stories, gossip or scandal that are considered racy or titillating rather than plain and dull. A spicy dish and a spicy rumor share the underlying idea of something with extra intensity or bite. The culinary sense remains the most common and least ambiguous use of spicy.
How SPICY is used
Common in describing hot or strongly flavored food, and figuratively for racy stories or gossip.
- The curry was too spicy for the children to eat.
- She added extra chili to make the sauce spicy.
- He enjoys spicy food more than his sister does.
- The tabloids ran a spicy story about the actor.
- A spicy aroma of cumin and pepper filled the kitchen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPICY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in SPICY
1 words end in SPICY. Useful as a back hook: play SPICY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in SPICY
Common questions about SPICY
- Is SPICY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPICY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPICY worth?
- SPICY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPICY mean?
- Flavored with or containing spices; having a hot, pungent or strongly aromatic taste.
- What letters can be added to SPICY?
- No single letter can be added to SPICY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPICY:
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