SPY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SPY 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 SPY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPY
Front hooks — 1
espyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SPY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does SPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person employed to collect secret information.
Spy is one of the oldest job titles in English and one of the very few that has never acquired a polite alternative: agent and operative are what the trade calls itself, and this is what everybody else calls it. The verb meaning to catch sight of something is separate and older still.
How SPY is used
Countable: a spy, two spies. Also a verb.
- A spy is caught by paperwork far more often than by chase.
- He was accused of spying and denied all of it.
- The word spy has no polite equivalent in English.
- They sent a spy and got a novelist.
- Nobody applies to be a spy under that title.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPY
20 longer words begin with SPY.
Words ending in SPY
10 words end in SPY. Useful as a back hook: play SPY onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPY inside
5 words contain SPY in the middle. Words that start with SPY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about SPY
- Is SPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPY worth?
- SPY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPY mean?
- A person employed to collect secret information.
- What letters can be added to SPY?
- SPY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SPY:
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