DINGY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DINGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DINGY?
| 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 DINGY 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 DINGY
No single letter turns DINGY into another word.
How DINGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DINGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does DINGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Dirty, drab, and lacking brightness, especially describing a room, building, or color that looks worn or poorly lit.
Dingy describes the gloomy, grayed-out look that dirt, smoke, or age leaves behind, whether on a stairwell nobody has cleaned in years or on a shirt that has faded past its original color. It differs from merely dark in that dingy always carries a sense of neglect, as though the thing described was once brighter and has since been let go.
How DINGY is used
Common in everyday description of rundown interiors, faded fabric, and murky light.
- The motel room had a dingy carpet and a flickering bulb.
- Years of exhaust had left the shopfront looking dingy and grey.
- She scrubbed at the dingy collar until some of the whiteness returned.
- A single dingy window let in barely any light.
- The basement stairwell felt narrow and dingy after the bright lobby.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DINGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DINGY
The 5 tiles of DINGY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DINGY
1 longer words begin with DINGY.
Words ending in DINGY
1 words end in DINGY. Useful as a back hook: play DINGY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DINGY
Common questions about DINGY
- Is DINGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DINGY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DINGY worth?
- DINGY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DINGY mean?
- Dirty, drab, and lacking brightness, especially describing a room, building, or color that looks worn or poorly lit.
- What letters can be added to DINGY?
- No single letter can be added to DINGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DINGY:
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