ZINCY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. ZINCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZINCY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZINCY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZINCY
No single letter turns ZINCY into another word.
How ZINCY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZINCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What stands out about ZINCY
- ZINCY scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZINCY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Of, resembling, or tasting of zinc.
Zincy describes something with the metallic taste, smell, or bluish-white sheen associated with the element zinc. It is most often used of water, metal surfaces, or coatings.
How ZINCY is used
Rare descriptive adjective; also spelled zincky or zinky in some dictionaries.
- The tap water had a faint zincy taste.
- He noticed a zincy smell on his hands after touching the gutter.
- The old bucket left a zincy tang in the rainwater.
- Its zincy sheen marked the metal as freshly galvanized.
- The mineral sample gave off a zincy odor when heated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZINCY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZINCY
Common questions about ZINCY
- Is ZINCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZINCY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZINCY worth?
- ZINCY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZINCY mean?
- Of, resembling, or tasting of zinc.
- What letters can be added to ZINCY?
- No single letter can be added to ZINCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZINCY:
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