NINNY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NINNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NINNY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NINNY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NINNY
No single letter turns NINNY into another word.
How NINNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NINNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 209,132.
What does NINNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalhumorous
A foolish or silly person, especially one who is weak-willed or easily fooled.
Ninny is an old term of mild mockery, aimed at someone acting foolishly rather than at someone genuinely unintelligent. It carries a lightly affectionate or teasing tone rather than real cruelty, and often appears in scolding a child or friend for a silly mistake. The word may have grown from an innocent repetition of baby talk, doubling a simple sound the way many childish nicknames do. Writers still reach for it when they want an old-fashioned, gently comic insult rather than a harsh one.
How NINNY is used
Informal and mildly humorous; used to tease rather than genuinely insult.
- Don't be such a ninny about a little rain.
- She called him a ninny for forgetting his own birthday.
- Only a ninny would leave the door unlocked all night.
- He felt like a ninny after tripping over his own shoelace.
- The old nurse scolded the boy, calling him a soft little ninny.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NINNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NINNY
3 longer words begin with NINNY.
Words ending in NINNY
2 words end in NINNY. Useful as a back hook: play NINNY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in NINNY
Common questions about NINNY
- Is NINNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NINNY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NINNY worth?
- NINNY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NINNY mean?
- A foolish or silly person, especially one who is weak-willed or easily fooled.
- What letters can be added to NINNY?
- No single letter can be added to NINNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NINNY:
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