NINETY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NINETY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NINETY?
| 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 NINETY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NINETY
No single letter turns NINETY into another word.
How NINETY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NINETY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does NINETY mean in Scrabble?
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The number equal to nine times ten; 90.
Ninety comes between eighty-nine and ninety-one, and a person who has lived ninety years is a nonagenarian. In geometry a right angle measures ninety degrees. The plural nineties usually names the decade from 90 to 99 of a century.
How NINETY is used
A cardinal number; also a word for an age or a score.
- The bus carries up to ninety passengers.
- Grandfather will be ninety in June.
- She scored ninety on the final exam.
- A right angle is exactly ninety degrees.
- Ninety minutes is the length of a football match.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NINETY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NINETY
1 longer words begin with NINETY.
Shorter words from the letters in NINETY
Common questions about NINETY
- Is NINETY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NINETY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NINETY worth?
- NINETY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NINETY mean?
- The number equal to nine times ten; 90.
- What letters can be added to NINETY?
- No single letter can be added to NINETY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NINETY:
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