GRANNY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GRANNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRANNY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRANNY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRANNY
No single letter turns GRANNY into another word.
How GRANNY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GRANNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,278.
What stands out about GRANNY
- GRANNY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRANNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A grandmother, or an elderly woman spoken of fondly.
Granny is the warm, familiar form of grandmother, used by children and within families. It also appears in compound names such as granny flat, a small separate home built for an older relative, and granny knot, a reef knot tied the wrong way round and therefore insecure. In British speech it is a very natural everyday word.
How GRANNY is used
Informal and affectionate; a title when used before a name.
- Granny baked bread every Sunday morning.
- We drove out to see granny for her birthday.
- The granny knot slipped as soon as the rope was pulled.
- They added a granny flat at the back of the house.
- Our granny knits a scarf for each of the grandchildren.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRANNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRANNY
2 longer words begin with GRANNY.
Shorter words from the letters in GRANNY
Common questions about GRANNY
- Is GRANNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRANNY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRANNY worth?
- GRANNY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRANNY mean?
- A grandmother, or an elderly woman spoken of fondly.
- What letters can be added to GRANNY?
- No single letter can be added to GRANNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GRANNY:
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