BINGY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. BINGY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BINGY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BINGY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BINGY
No single letter turns BINGY into another word.
How BINGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BINGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does BINGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
An informal Australian name for the stomach or belly.
The word bingy comes from an Aboriginal Australian language and passed into general Australian slang for the belly. It turns up mostly in casual speech and older bush writing rather than in medical or formal contexts. Someone with a full or aching bingy simply has a full or aching stomach.
How BINGY is used
Casual Australian slang, rarely seen outside informal speech and older colloquial fiction.
- He patted his bingy after the third helping of stew.
- Her bingy was rumbling long before lunch was ready.
- The old drover joked that his bingy had shrunk after the drought.
- A big bingy on a small man always drew comment at the shearing shed.
- You could hear his bingy growl clear across the campfire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BINGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BINGY
Common questions about BINGY
- Is BINGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BINGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BINGY worth?
- BINGY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BINGY mean?
- An informal Australian name for the stomach or belly.
- What letters can be added to BINGY?
- No single letter can be added to BINGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BINGY:
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