LINEY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LINEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LINEY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LINEY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LINEY
No single letter turns LINEY into another word.
How LINEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LINEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does LINEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Marked or covered with lines; having a streaked or lined appearance.
Liney describes something whose surface shows a pattern of thin lines, whether from natural texture, wear, wrinkles, or deliberate marking. The word is rare in modern writing and is more often replaced by lined or streaky, but it still turns up in older texts and specialist descriptions of surfaces such as wood grain or fabric. It is also spelled liny.
How LINEY is used
Rare adjective, also spelled liny; largely replaced in modern use by lined or streaky.
- The old man's liney face showed decades of hard weather.
- She admired the liney grain of the polished oak table.
- The fabric had a liney pattern running through it.
- His liney handwriting filled every margin of the page.
- Sunlight caught the liney texture of the dried mud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LINEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LINEY
Common questions about LINEY
- Is LINEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LINEY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LINEY worth?
- LINEY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LINEY mean?
- Marked or covered with lines; having a streaked or lined appearance.
- What letters can be added to LINEY?
- No single letter can be added to LINEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LINEY:
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