HINNY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HINNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HINNY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HINNY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HINNY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HINNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HINNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 139,421.
What stands out about HINNY
- The letters of HINNY 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 HINNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey, generally smaller than a mule and usually sterile.
A hinny differs from the more familiar mule, which is instead bred from a male donkey and a female horse, and the two hybrids can look noticeably different in size and build. Like most hybrids between horses and donkeys, a hinny is almost always infertile because its parents carry different numbers of chromosomes. Breeders once valued hinnies for combining a horse's temperament with a donkey's endurance.
How HINNY is used
A specialized term in animal breeding, less common in everyday speech than "mule".
- The farmer kept a small hinny alongside his horses.
- A hinny is bred from a stallion and a female donkey.
- Their hinny proved surprisingly strong for its size.
- Breeders distinguish a hinny from a mule by its parentage.
- The old hinny had worked the hillside farm for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HINNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HINNY
1 longer words begin with HINNY.
Words ending in HINNY
2 words end in HINNY. Useful as a back hook: play HINNY onto a word already on the board.
Words with HINNY inside
2 words contain HINNY in the middle. Words that start with HINNY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HINNY
Common questions about HINNY
- Is HINNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HINNY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HINNY worth?
- HINNY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HINNY mean?
- The hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey, generally smaller than a mule and usually sterile.
- What letters can be added to HINNY?
- HINNY takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HINNY:
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