NONPLAY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NONPLAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONPLAY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONPLAY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONPLAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nonplaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NONPLAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NONPLAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 926,363.
What does NONPLAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A theatre piece that does not follow the usual conventions of a play, or a play in a game that does not count.
Critics sometimes call an experimental script a nonplay when it lacks plot or characters in the usual sense. In sports talk it can also name a move that produces no score or result.
How NONPLAY is used
Nonplay is an uncommon word, used in theatre criticism and occasionally in sports commentary.
- The reviewer dismissed the show as a pretentious nonplay.
- The last attempt turned out to be a nonplay and the clock kept running.
- Audiences were puzzled by the nonplay staged in the empty warehouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONPLAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NONPLAY
4 longer words begin with NONPLAY.
Shorter words from the letters in NONPLAY
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Common questions about NONPLAY
- Is NONPLAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONPLAY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONPLAY worth?
- NONPLAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONPLAY mean?
- A theatre piece that does not follow the usual conventions of a play, or a play in a game that does not count.
- What letters can be added to NONPLAY?
- NONPLAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NONPLAY:
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