TOUGHY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TOUGHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOUGHY?
| 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 TOUGHY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOUGHY
No single letter turns TOUGHY into another word.
How TOUGHY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TOUGHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does TOUGHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A tough person, or a hard problem or task.
This is a less usual spelling of toughie. It is a friendly informal tag: a toughy can be a hard-nosed character in a story, or a puzzle that resists every first attempt. Both senses lean on the plain adjective tough.
How TOUGHY is used
Informal; the spelling toughie is more frequent in print.
- The last riddle was a real toughy.
- Nobody messed with him; he was known as a toughy.
- That question on the exam turned out to be a toughy.
- She looked like a toughy but had a soft heart.
- Fixing the leak was a toughy for a beginner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOUGHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TOUGHY
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Common questions about TOUGHY
- Is TOUGHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOUGHY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOUGHY worth?
- TOUGHY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOUGHY mean?
- A tough person, or a hard problem or task.
- What letters can be added to TOUGHY?
- No single letter can be added to TOUGHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TOUGHY:
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