BEANY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BEANY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BEANY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEANY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEANY
No single letter turns BEANY into another word.
How BEANY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEANY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does BEANY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanhistorical
A small, close-fitting cap without a brim, also spelled beanie.
Schoolchildren and college freshmen once wore a beany as part of campus tradition, and the spelling varies between beany and the now more common beanie. Both forms describe the same simple skullcap shape rather than the larger knitted winter hats sometimes called by the same name today.
How BEANY is used
Older spelling, largely replaced by beanie in modern use.
- The freshman wore his beany to every orientation event.
- She found an old beany tucked away in the attic trunk.
- The team mascot always wears a bright red beany.
- His grandfather still owned the beany from his first year at college.
- The costume shop sold a striped beany for two dollars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEANY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BEANY
Common questions about BEANY
- Is BEANY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BEANY is not in it.
- How many points is BEANY worth?
- BEANY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEANY mean?
- A small, close-fitting cap without a brim, also spelled beanie.
- What letters can be added to BEANY?
- No single letter can be added to BEANY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEANY:
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