DINKEY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DINKEY 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 DINKEY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DINKEY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DINKEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dinkeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DINKEY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DINKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does DINKEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small locomotive, used especially for shunting cars around a yard.
A dinkey is the sort of compact engine that does the humble work of moving wagons about a rail yard, a quarry or a construction site instead of hauling trains over long distances. Its small size is the whole point, since it can turn on tight curves where a full-sized locomotive would not fit. The word is kin to dinky, which in the same spirit means small and neat.
How DINKEY is used
Mostly a railway and industrial term, now met chiefly in older accounts of yards and light railways.
- The dinkey pushed three empty wagons along the siding.
- A dinkey was kept at the quarry for shifting stone.
- He remembered riding on the footplate of a dinkey as a boy.
- Because the dinkey was so light, the track needed little ballast.
- The old dinkey now sits behind a fence in the museum yard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DINKEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DINKEY
The 6 tiles of DINKEY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DINKEY
1 longer words begin with DINKEY.
Shorter words from the letters in DINKEY
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Common questions about DINKEY
- Is DINKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DINKEY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DINKEY worth?
- DINKEY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DINKEY mean?
- A small locomotive, used especially for shunting cars around a yard.
- What letters can be added to DINKEY?
- DINKEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DINKEY:
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