MEINY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MEINY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEINY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEINY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEINY
No single letter turns MEINY into another word.
How MEINY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MEINY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does MEINY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
A group of retainers, servants, or followers making up a lord's household or retinue.
A meiny traveled, ate, and served together as the visible sign of a medieval lord's wealth and standing, so a larger meiny meant greater prestige. The word covered everyone from armed retainers to household servants, functioning much like the modern word retinue or entourage. It appears mainly in medieval and early modern texts describing courtly or noble households.
How MEINY is used
Archaic and historical; found in medieval literature and history writing rather than in modern speech.
- The duke rode into town with his entire meiny behind him.
- Every knight in the lord's meiny wore his colors.
- The chronicle describes a meiny of nearly two hundred followers.
- Feeding so large a meiny strained the castle's stores.
- The lady traveled with a small meiny of trusted servants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEINY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MEINY
Common questions about MEINY
- Is MEINY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEINY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEINY worth?
- MEINY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEINY mean?
- A group of retainers, servants, or followers making up a lord's household or retinue.
- What letters can be added to MEINY?
- No single letter can be added to MEINY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MEINY:
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