URBANITY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. URBANITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URBANITY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URBANITY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URBANITY
No single letter turns URBANITY into another word.
How URBANITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in URBANITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so URBANITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about URBANITY
- All 8 letters of URBANITY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does URBANITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Smooth, polished courtesy and refinement of manner.
Urbanity suggests the ease of someone at home in good society, able to be charming without effort. The word shares a root with urban, because city life was once thought to produce such polish. A person with urbanity rarely seems rushed or rude.
How URBANITY is used
Used in formal writing to praise elegant, well-mannered conduct, and occasionally for the character of city life.
- He greeted the critics with perfect urbanity.
- Her urbanity put the nervous guests at ease.
- The novel is admired for its wit and urbanity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URBANITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in URBANITY
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Common questions about URBANITY
- Is URBANITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URBANITY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URBANITY worth?
- URBANITY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URBANITY mean?
- Smooth, polished courtesy and refinement of manner.
- What letters can be added to URBANITY?
- No single letter can be added to URBANITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of URBANITY:
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