GREENHORN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GREENHORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GREENHORN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GREENHORN is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GREENHORN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
greenhornsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GREENHORN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GREENHORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GREENHORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GREENHORN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who is new and inexperienced at something, and so easy to trick.
A greenhorn is a novice, a newcomer who does not yet know the ropes. The word began as a description of a young animal with unfinished horns and spread to describe naive recruits.
How GREENHORN is used
Greenhorn is informal and used with a hint of teasing about beginners.
- The greenhorn mistook the foreman for a customer.
- Every greenhorn on the ranch learned fast.
- He felt like a greenhorn on his first day at sea.
- The old hands joked at the greenhorn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GREENHORN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GREENHORN
1 longer words begin with GREENHORN.
Shorter words from the letters in GREENHORN
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Common questions about GREENHORN
- Is GREENHORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GREENHORN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GREENHORN worth?
- GREENHORN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GREENHORN mean?
- A person who is new and inexperienced at something, and so easy to trick.
- What letters can be added to GREENHORN?
- GREENHORN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GREENHORN:
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