THY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. THY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THY is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THY
No single letter turns THY into another word.
How THY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in THY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does THY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Your — the older form used with thou.
Thy and thine work exactly as my and mine do: thy before a consonant, thine before a vowel, and the rule survives untouched in the older Bible translations. English lost the whole set when it stopped distinguishing one person from several, and thy went with the rest.
How THY is used
Before a noun. Archaic; the form used before a vowel is thine.
- Honour thy father and thy mother.
- Thy before a consonant and thine before a vowel.
- The hymn keeps thy where a modern text would not.
- He wrote thy on purpose to date the line.
- Thy disappeared with thou and for the same reason.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THY
Showing 24 of 85 words that begin with THY.
Words ending in THY
Showing 24 of 121 words that end in THY. Useful as a back hook: play THY onto a word already on the board.
Words with THY inside
Showing 24 of 293 words that contain THY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with THY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about THY
- Is THY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THY worth?
- THY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THY mean?
- Your — the older form used with thou.
- What letters can be added to THY?
- No single letter can be added to THY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of THY:
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