DINGHY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DINGHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DINGHY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DINGHY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DINGHY
No single letter turns DINGHY into another word.
How DINGHY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DINGHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What stands out about DINGHY
- DINGHY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DINGHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A small boat moved by oars, sail or an outboard motor.
Yachts carry a dinghy to ferry crew between the mooring and the shore, and sailing clubs use sailing dinghies for racing and lessons. Rubber versions can be inflated and packed away. The word comes from a Hindi term for a small river boat, and the spelling dingy is a rarer variant that is easily confused with the unrelated adjective meaning drab.
How DINGHY is used
Common in sailing; the rarer spellings dingey and dingy are also described on this site.
- We rowed the dinghy out to the anchored yacht.
- Children learn to sail in a small dinghy.
- An inflatable dinghy was stowed under the deck.
- The dinghy bobbed beside the pier all night.
- She raced her dinghy every Sunday in summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DINGHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DINGHY
Common questions about DINGHY
- Is DINGHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DINGHY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DINGHY worth?
- DINGHY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DINGHY mean?
- A small boat moved by oars, sail or an outboard motor.
- What letters can be added to DINGHY?
- No single letter can be added to DINGHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DINGHY:
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