BONNY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BONNY 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 BONNY?
| 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 BONNY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONNY
No single letter turns BONNY into another word.
How BONNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BONNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 156,849.
What does BONNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
ScotsBritish
Attractive, pretty, or generally pleasing to look at.
Bonny is everyday Scottish and Northern English vocabulary for anything pleasant to the eye, from a bonny baby to a bonny view over the hills, and it can carry warmth beyond looks, suggesting something wholesome or dear to the speaker. The word runs through Scots song and ballad, including the well-known line about the banks of Loch Lomond being bonny, which helped carry it into wider British use. It is often spelled bonnie instead, and the two spellings are simply alternatives for the same word rather than different senses.
How BONNY is used
Chiefly Scottish and Northern English; sounds distinctly regional in standard southern British or American speech.
- The old song praises how bonny the banks of the loch look.
- What a bonny wee garden they have out front.
- Her grandmother called the baby a bonny lass.
- The village looked bonny under the fresh snow.
- He remembered her as a bonny girl with red hair.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONNY
2 longer words begin with BONNY.
Shorter words from the letters in BONNY
Common questions about BONNY
- Is BONNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONNY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONNY worth?
- BONNY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONNY mean?
- Attractive, pretty, or generally pleasing to look at.
- What letters can be added to BONNY?
- No single letter can be added to BONNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BONNY:
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