NINNYHAMMER is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. NINNYHAMMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NINNYHAMMER?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NINNYHAMMER is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NINNYHAMMER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ninnyhammersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NINNYHAMMER scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in NINNYHAMMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NINNYHAMMER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NINNYHAMMER mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichumorous
A foolish, silly person; a simpleton.
Ninnyhammer is a jolly old insult, more comic than cruel, built on the word ninny. It belongs to old novels and playful speech, and few people use it seriously today.
How NINNYHAMMER is used
Old-fashioned and playful; found in period fiction and jokes.
- You great ninnyhammer, you have left the gate wide open!
- The squire called his nephew a ninnyhammer for losing the horse.
- No one wanted to be the ninnyhammer of the village play.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NINNYHAMMER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NINNYHAMMER
1 longer words begin with NINNYHAMMER.
Shorter words from the letters in NINNYHAMMER
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Common questions about NINNYHAMMER
- Is NINNYHAMMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NINNYHAMMER, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NINNYHAMMER worth?
- NINNYHAMMER is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NINNYHAMMER mean?
- A foolish, silly person; a simpleton.
- What letters can be added to NINNYHAMMER?
- NINNYHAMMER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of NINNYHAMMER:
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