FENDY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. FENDY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FENDY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FENDY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FENDY
No single letter turns FENDY into another word.
How FENDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FENDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does FENDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Resourceful, thrifty and able to manage comfortably on very little.
Fendy grows out of the same idea as fending for oneself: a person or a household called fendy wastes nothing, plans carefully and rarely needs to ask for help. The word praises a kind of practical self-sufficiency rather than mere stinginess, and it was said as often of a well-run small farm as of the person managing it. Fendy sits alongside a small group of Scots adjectives that turn a plain verb into a compliment about character.
How FENDY is used
Scots; a term of approval for careful, self-reliant management of a household or a small living.
- Everyone in the glen called her a fendy wife.
- A fendy farmer wastes nothing that can still be used.
- The cottage looked poor but fendy, neat in every corner.
- He kept the family fed on a fendy widow's wages.
- Fendy folk were trusted with the running of the dairy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FENDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FENDY
Common questions about FENDY
- Is FENDY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FENDY is not in it.
- How many points is FENDY worth?
- FENDY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FENDY mean?
- Resourceful, thrifty and able to manage comfortably on very little.
- What letters can be added to FENDY?
- No single letter can be added to FENDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FENDY:
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