ENNUYE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ENNUYE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENNUYE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENNUYE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENNUYE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ENNUYE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENNUYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 150,512.
What stands out about ENNUYE
- ENNUYE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ENNUYE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Feeling bored and weary because nothing seems to hold any interest.
Ennuye is the French word ennuye, a past participle that means bored, with the accent dropped in English spelling. It is the adjective for a person who suffers from ennui, that heavy mood of listless dissatisfaction, and it carries a slightly elegant, world-weary tone. A more ordinary writer would say bored; this form is chosen when the boredom is languid and almost fashionable.
How ENNUYE is used
Literary and affected; mostly seen in novels, reviews and Scrabble word lists.
- She gave the guests an ennuye glance and returned to her book.
- The ennuye heir wandered from room to room of the empty house.
- He wore an ennuye expression through the entire opera.
- An ennuye sigh was the only reply to the invitation.
- Nothing could rouse the ennuye young count from his sofa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENNUYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENNUYE
2 longer words begin with ENNUYE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENNUYE
Common questions about ENNUYE
- Is ENNUYE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENNUYE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENNUYE worth?
- ENNUYE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENNUYE mean?
- Feeling bored and weary because nothing seems to hold any interest.
- What letters can be added to ENNUYE?
- ENNUYE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENNUYE:
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