WALTY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. WALTY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WALTY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WALTY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WALTY
No single letter turns WALTY into another word.
How WALTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WALTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does WALTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
nauticaldialect
Of a ship, inclined to lean or roll over easily.
Walty describes a vessel that is badly balanced or too lightly loaded, so it tips and rolls more than a well-trimmed ship should. Sailors used the word as a practical warning, not a technical measurement, when a ship felt unsteady in the water.
How WALTY is used
Nautical dialect; met in older sailing accounts and shipbuilding glossaries.
- The crew called the new hull walty after the first rough crossing.
- A walty ship needed more ballast before it could sail safely.
- The captain refused to load more cargo onto the walty vessel.
- Old sailors judged a ship walty by the way it rolled at anchor.
- Extra weight low in the hold cured the boat of being walty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WALTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WALTY
Common questions about WALTY
- Is WALTY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WALTY is not in it.
- How many points is WALTY worth?
- WALTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WALTY mean?
- Of a ship, inclined to lean or roll over easily.
- What letters can be added to WALTY?
- No single letter can be added to WALTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WALTY:
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