GINNY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GINNY 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 GINNY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GINNY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GINNY
No single letter turns GINNY into another word.
How GINNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GINNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 92,948.
What stands out about GINNY
- The letters of GINNY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GINNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informaldialect
Affected by or resembling gin; slightly drunk from drinking gin.
Ginny describes someone showing the unsteady, loose-tongued state that follows drinking gin, a sense that grew naturally out of the name of the spirit itself. Older regional and informal writing sometimes calls a person breath or manner ginny after an evening spent drinking. The word is rarely seen in current standard English and survives mainly in older informal or dialect usage rather than in everyday conversation.
How GINNY is used
Informal and somewhat dated; met chiefly in older regional or colloquial writing rather than current standard speech.
- His ginny breath gave away where he had spent the evening.
- She sounded a little ginny after the party.
- The old sailor grew ginny and talkative by midnight.
- A ginny laugh rose from the corner of the tavern.
- He blamed his ginny stumble on the uneven step.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GINNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GINNY
The 5 tiles of GINNY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in GINNY
Common questions about GINNY
- Is GINNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GINNY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GINNY worth?
- GINNY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GINNY mean?
- Affected by or resembling gin; slightly drunk from drinking gin.
- What letters can be added to GINNY?
- No single letter can be added to GINNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GINNY:
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