BENNY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BENNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENNY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BENNY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENNY
No single letter turns BENNY into another word.
How BENNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BENNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 104,566.
What stands out about BENNY
- The letters of BENNY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BENNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
Slang term for a tablet of amphetamine, especially Benzedrine, taken as a stimulant.
A benny gets its name as a clipped, casual form of Benzedrine, the brand once widely prescribed and later abused for its energizing, wakefulness-boosting effects. The word grew common in mid-twentieth-century American speech, especially among truck drivers, students, and musicians looking to push through long stretches without sleep. Older crime fiction and jazz-era writing frequently mention popping a benny to fight off fatigue, a usage that now sounds distinctly dated. The word survives mainly in period writing and older reference books rather than in current everyday conversation.
How BENNY is used
Benny is dated American slang, encountered mostly in older writing about amphetamine use rather than in current speech.
- The trucker popped a benny to stay awake through the night drive.
- Old detective novels often mention a character swallowing a benny.
- She warned him that a benny was no substitute for real sleep.
- The musician kept a benny in his pocket before late shows.
- Slang dictionaries from the 1950s define benny as an amphetamine pill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BENNY
Common questions about BENNY
- Is BENNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENNY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENNY worth?
- BENNY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENNY mean?
- Slang term for a tablet of amphetamine, especially Benzedrine, taken as a stimulant.
- What letters can be added to BENNY?
- No single letter can be added to BENNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BENNY:
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