TICHY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. TICHY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TICHY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TICHY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TICHY
No single letter turns TICHY into another word.
How TICHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TICHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does TICHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Very small; tiny.
Tichy is one of several spellings of the same informal word, alongside titchy and titchie, all describing something on a noticeably small scale. It probably grew out of Little Tich, the stage name of a music hall performer famous for his short stature, whose nickname passed into general slang for smallness. The word is used loosely, of objects, portions or people, and carries a slightly affectionate or dismissive edge rather than a precise measurement.
How TICHY is used
Informal British English; used for anything strikingly small, from portions of food to people.
- The flat had one tichy bedroom barely big enough for a bed.
- She poured a tichy measure of milk into the tea.
- He wore a tichy pair of glasses that looked too small for his face.
- A tichy dog followed her everywhere she went.
- The portion looked tichy next to the size of the plate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TICHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TICHY
The 5 tiles of TICHY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in TICHY
2 words end in TICHY. Useful as a back hook: play TICHY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in TICHY
Common questions about TICHY
- Is TICHY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TICHY is not in it.
- How many points is TICHY worth?
- TICHY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TICHY mean?
- Very small; tiny.
- What letters can be added to TICHY?
- No single letter can be added to TICHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TICHY:
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