AUNTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AUNTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUNTY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUNTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUNTY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AUNTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AUNTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does AUNTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal, affectionate word for an aunt, used especially by or to children.
Aunty is the everyday, familiar way many children and adults address or refer to an aunt, softer and warmer than the plain word aunt. In some communities, particularly in parts of the Caribbean, South Asia, and Australia, aunty is also used more broadly as a respectful term for an older woman who is not a blood relative. The spelling auntie is equally common and means exactly the same thing.
How AUNTY is used
Informal and affectionate; common in family speech and in some cultures as a polite term for older women.
- The children ran to greet their aunty at the door.
- Aunty always brought sweets when she visited.
- He called his mothers older friend aunty out of respect.
- Aunty helped mind the kids over the weekend.
- She wrote a birthday card to her favorite aunty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUNTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in AUNTY
3 words end in AUNTY. Useful as a back hook: play AUNTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in AUNTY
Common questions about AUNTY
- Is AUNTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUNTY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUNTY worth?
- AUNTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUNTY mean?
- An informal, affectionate word for an aunt, used especially by or to children.
- What letters can be added to AUNTY?
- AUNTY takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AUNTY:
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