WRISTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WRISTY 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 WRISTY?
| 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 WRISTY 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 WRISTY
No single letter turns WRISTY into another word.
How WRISTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WRISTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about WRISTY
- WRISTY 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 WRISTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Making strong use of a flexing movement of the wrist.
Wristy is a sports word for a stroke or throw that gets its power and finesse from the wrist rather than from the whole arm. Cricket and tennis commentators praise a wristy flick, and golfers sometimes mean it as a fault. The word depends on the noun wrist plus the common ending for having a quality.
How WRISTY is used
Mostly in sports commentary and coaching.
- He played a wristy shot past the fielder.
- Her wristy backhand surprised the crowd.
- The coach disliked his wristy swing.
- A quick, wristy flick sent the ball over the bar.
- The pianist's wristy style made the passage sparkle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WRISTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WRISTY
Common questions about WRISTY
- Is WRISTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WRISTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WRISTY worth?
- WRISTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WRISTY mean?
- Making strong use of a flexing movement of the wrist.
- What letters can be added to WRISTY?
- No single letter can be added to WRISTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WRISTY:
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