TESTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TESTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TESTY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TESTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TESTY
No single letter turns TESTY into another word.
How TESTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TESTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 52,283.
What stands out about TESTY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TESTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Easily irritated or annoyed; impatient and quick to show bad temper.
A testy reply snaps back with more sharpness than the situation strictly calls for, and the word usually describes a temporary flash of irritation rather than a settled, permanently bad-tempered personality. Someone can grow testy from hunger, exhaustion or repeated interruption, so testy often implies an understandable, if unattractive, response to strain rather than pure hostility. The word sits between mildly irritable and openly angry on a rough scale of temper, sharper than cranky but well short of furious. Writers commonly attach testy to exchanges, meetings or press conferences to signal that tempers ran short without describing outright conflict.
How TESTY is used
Common in everyday and journalistic writing for a short-tempered manner or exchange, milder than outright anger.
- He gave a testy reply when asked to repeat himself.
- The meeting grew testy after hours without a break.
- She sounded testy on the phone after a long day.
- Reporters noted the minister's testy response to the question.
- The old dog became testy whenever woken suddenly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TESTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TESTY
The 5 tiles of TESTY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TESTY
Common questions about TESTY
- Is TESTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TESTY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TESTY worth?
- TESTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TESTY mean?
- Easily irritated or annoyed; impatient and quick to show bad temper.
- What letters can be added to TESTY?
- No single letter can be added to TESTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TESTY:
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