Is PROFICIENCY a word?
PROFICIENCY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words With Friends, has 11 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PROFICIENCY is a valid word.
What does proficiency mean?
noun: the quality of having great facility and competence.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PROFICIENCY: word details
- Pronunciation: pruh-FIH-shuhn-see (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 11 letters, a long word. It is one of 28,045 11-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 23 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 26 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside proficiency
Words you can make from the letters of proficiency.
Solve a whole rack, not just PROFICIENCY
PROFICIENCY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PROFICIENCY mean?
PROFICIENCY is a noun. It means: the quality of having great facility and competence.
Is PROFICIENCY a valid word?
Yes, PROFICIENCY is a valid word. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.