JOHNNY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. JOHNNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOHNNY?
| 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 JOHNNY is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOHNNY
No single letter turns JOHNNY into another word.
How JOHNNY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in JOHNNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,483 thousand.
What stands out about JOHNNY
- JOHNNY 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 JOHNNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A familiar word for a man or fellow, or a loose gown that fastens at the back and is worn by hospital patients.
As a casual label, a johnny is simply a chap, and in compounds it often suggests a newcomer or an unknown man. In American hospitals the word names the thin open-backed gown handed to patients. British slang uses it for another item entirely, so the meaning depends on the region.
How JOHNNY is used
Informal; the sense depends on whether the speaker is British or American.
- The nurse handed him a johnny and asked him to change.
- He was just a johnny come lately at the firm.
- Every johnny in the town turned out for the parade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOHNNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOHNNY
2 longer words begin with JOHNNY.
Shorter words from the letters in JOHNNY
Common questions about JOHNNY
- Is JOHNNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOHNNY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOHNNY worth?
- JOHNNY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOHNNY mean?
- A familiar word for a man or fellow, or a loose gown that fastens at the back and is worn by hospital patients.
- What letters can be added to JOHNNY?
- No single letter can be added to JOHNNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of JOHNNY:
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