TWISTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TWISTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TWISTY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWISTY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWISTY
No single letter turns TWISTY into another word.
How TWISTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TWISTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 551,876.
What stands out about TWISTY
- TWISTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TWISTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Full of bends and turns, so that the path or shape does not run straight.
Twisty is most often used for roads, paths and rivers that wind back and forth, and drivers use it as a warning about a slow, curving stretch. It can also describe a story or plot that keeps changing direction in surprising ways. The word is friendly and conversational, more common in speech than in formal description.
How TWISTY is used
Informal; used for winding roads and for plots with many turns.
- We drove up a narrow twisty road through the hills.
- The film has a twisty plot that keeps you guessing.
- A twisty stream wound through the meadow.
- The twisty staircase led up to the old tower.
- Motorcyclists love this twisty stretch of coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWISTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TWISTY
Common questions about TWISTY
- Is TWISTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWISTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWISTY worth?
- TWISTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWISTY mean?
- Full of bends and turns, so that the path or shape does not run straight.
- What letters can be added to TWISTY?
- No single letter can be added to TWISTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TWISTY:
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