THATCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. THATCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THATCHY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THATCHY is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THATCHY
No single letter turns THATCHY into another word.
How THATCHY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in THATCHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,644 thousand.
What stands out about THATCHY
- THATCHY 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 THATCHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Like thatch, or thick and matted as thatch is.
Thatchy is a descriptive word for anything dense and straw-like, such as unruly hair or a lawn clogged with dead grass. It is informal and less common than the noun thatch it comes from.
How THATCHY is used
Used in gardening and in describing thatchy, messy hair.
- The thatchy lawn needed raking in spring.
- He pushed a hand through his thatchy hair.
- A thatchy layer of dead stems covered the ground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THATCHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in THATCHY
Common questions about THATCHY
- Is THATCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THATCHY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THATCHY worth?
- THATCHY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THATCHY mean?
- Like thatch, or thick and matted as thatch is.
- What letters can be added to THATCHY?
- No single letter can be added to THATCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of THATCHY:
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