WORDY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WORDY 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 WORDY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORDY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORDY
No single letter turns WORDY into another word.
How WORDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WORDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What stands out about WORDY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WORDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Using or containing more words than necessary; long-winded in speech or writing.
A wordy report or a wordy speaker takes far longer to make a point than the point actually requires, burying the main idea under extra clauses and repetition. Editors often mark a passage as wordy when it could be cut in half without losing any meaning at all. The word is usually a mild criticism rather than a neutral description, suggesting that the writer or speaker has not bothered to trim their language. A wordy style is the opposite of concise, economical writing.
How WORDY is used
Used, often critically, of writing or speech that takes too many words to say something simple.
- The editor cut the wordy introduction down to two sentences.
- His wordy explanation left everyone more confused than before.
- She rewrote the wordy paragraph in plain, direct language.
- The contract was full of wordy legal phrases nobody could follow.
- Try not to be wordy when a short answer will do.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WORDY
The 5 tiles of WORDY in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in WORDY
1 words end in WORDY. Useful as a back hook: play WORDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WORDY
Common questions about WORDY
- Is WORDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORDY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORDY worth?
- WORDY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORDY mean?
- Using or containing more words than necessary; long-winded in speech or writing.
- What letters can be added to WORDY?
- No single letter can be added to WORDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WORDY:
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