Dictionary

Animacy

a ₁n ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁c ₃y ₄

About 4 syllables

7 letters · Rare

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : not valid
Wordle : not valid

What does animacy mean?

We don’t have a definition for animacy yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is ANIMACY a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	No
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is ANIMACY worth?

Scrabble

14 pts

a ₁n ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁c ₃y ₄

Words With Friends

16 pts

a ₁n ₂i ₁m ₄a ₁c ₄y ₃

Wordfeud

15 pts

a ₁n ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁c ₄y ₄

NYT Crossplay

14 pts

a ₁n ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁c ₃y ₄

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in ANIMACY

Best shorter words top 30 of 68

cayman 13 mincy 12 cyma 11 caiman 10 maniac 10 mayan 10 myc 10 amnic 9 caman 9 cany 9 cyan 9 manic 9 many 9 maya 9 miny 9 myna 9 cama 8 cay 8 icy 8 may 8 mica 8 yam 8 amain 7 amnia 7 anima 7 ayin 7 cam 7 mac 7 mania 7 mic 7

See all 68 words made from ANIMACY

Words that end like ANIMACY

Common words that share the ending -ACY, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

accuracy democracy conspiracy bureaucracy celibacy delicacy intimacy literacy autocracy candidacy diplomacy intricacy obstinacy supremacy fallacy privacy pharmacy inaccuracy legacy lunacy papacy piracy illiteracy lacy

All words ending in -ACY

Animacy: quick answers

Is ANIMACY a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. ANIMACY is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 14 points before board bonuses.

How many points is ANIMACY worth?

ANIMACY scores 14 points in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends, 15 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in ANIMACY?

You can make 68 shorter words from ANIMACY, such as CAYMAN, MINCY, CYMA, CAIMAN. See the full list.