SWIMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SWIMMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWIMMY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWIMMY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWIMMY
No single letter turns SWIMMY into another word.
How SWIMMY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SWIMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.
What stands out about SWIMMY
- SWIMMY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SWIMMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Dizzy, giddy or blurred, as if the head or the view were swimming.
You feel swimmy when you stand up too fast or have not eaten, and the room seems to drift for a moment. It describes a mild, passing faintness rather than a serious illness.
How SWIMMY is used
Informal word for light-headedness or unsteady vision.
- I felt swimmy after the long flight.
- Her head went swimmy when she stood up.
- The swimmy light of the lamp made reading hard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWIMMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SWIMMY
Common questions about SWIMMY
- Is SWIMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWIMMY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWIMMY worth?
- SWIMMY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWIMMY mean?
- Dizzy, giddy or blurred, as if the head or the view were swimming.
- What letters can be added to SWIMMY?
- No single letter can be added to SWIMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SWIMMY:
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