ZINCKY is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. ZINCKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZINCKY?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZINCKY is to know. It scores 24 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZINCKY
No single letter turns ZINCKY into another word.
How ZINCKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ZINCKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,519 thousand.
What stands out about ZINCKY
- ZINCKY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- ZINCKY scores 24 points, more than twice the average for a 6-letter word (10.5).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZINCKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Containing zinc, or resembling it.
The form is rare and is mainly of interest to word collectors. Zinc itself is a bluish-white metal used in coatings and alloys. Other spellings such as zincy and zinky are given in the same word lists as zincky.
How ZINCKY is used
Used rarely, mostly in word lists and old technical writing.
- The water had a faint zincky taste.
- A zincky coating covered the roof sheets.
- The ore looked greyish and zincky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZINCKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZINCKY
Common questions about ZINCKY
- Is ZINCKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZINCKY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZINCKY worth?
- ZINCKY is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZINCKY mean?
- Containing zinc, or resembling it.
- What letters can be added to ZINCKY?
- No single letter can be added to ZINCKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ZINCKY:
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