LINGY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LINGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LINGY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LINGY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LINGY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LINGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LINGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does LINGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialect
A dialect word describing ground thickly covered with heather, or moorland overgrown with ling.
Land called lingy is rough, open moor where heather, known regionally as ling, grows thick across the ground. Shepherds and walkers use lingy to describe terrain that is hard going underfoot, since the tough heather stems catch at boots and slow a traveller down. The word survives mainly in British dialect speech tied to moorland regions.
How LINGY is used
Lingy is a dialect term, chiefly heard in descriptions of British moorland.
- The path grew lingy and hard to follow once we left the farm track.
- Grouse nest in the lingy stretches high above the valley.
- Walking boots take a beating on lingy ground like this.
- The old shepherd knew every lingy hollow on the hillside.
- Beyond the wall, the lingy moor rolled on for miles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LINGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LINGY
The 5 tiles of LINGY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in LINGY
3 words end in LINGY. Useful as a back hook: play LINGY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LINGY
Common questions about LINGY
- Is LINGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LINGY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LINGY worth?
- LINGY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LINGY mean?
- A dialect word describing ground thickly covered with heather, or moorland overgrown with ling.
- What letters can be added to LINGY?
- LINGY takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LINGY:
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