GOONIE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GOONIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOONIE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOONIE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOONIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOONIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GOONIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,900.
What does GOONIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An albatross, especially the black-footed albatross or the Laysan albatross.
Goonie is a variant spelling of gooney, a sailors' nickname for the albatross, given because the big seabird looks clumsy and awkward when it walks on land after gliding for hours over the ocean. American servicemen stationed on Pacific islands popularized the name for the birds nesting nearby. In Scots dialect the same spelling turns up with an unrelated sense, naming a nightgown, but the seabird meaning is the one recorded in word game dictionaries. The word is informal rather than a strict scientific name.
How GOONIE is used
An informal, mainly nautical nickname rather than a scientific name for the bird.
- Sailors on the island watched a goonie waddle awkwardly across the sand.
- The goonie glided for miles before landing clumsily near its nest.
- Old photographs from the airbase show a goonie standing beside the runway.
- A goonie can spend months at sea without touching land.
- Locals called every large albatross on the beach a goonie.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOONIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GOONIE
The 6 tiles of GOONIE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GOONIE
3 longer words begin with GOONIE.
Shorter words from the letters in GOONIE
Common questions about GOONIE
- Is GOONIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOONIE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOONIE worth?
- GOONIE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOONIE mean?
- An albatross, especially the black-footed albatross or the Laysan albatross.
- What letters can be added to GOONIE?
- GOONIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GOONIE:
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