NONSTORY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NONSTORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONSTORY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONSTORY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONSTORY
No single letter turns NONSTORY into another word.
How NONSTORY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NONSTORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONSTORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONSTORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A report or event that turns out to be of little interest or substance.
Editors reach for nonstory when a lot of fuss surrounds something that, on inspection, contains no news. Journalists say it with a shrug, often about a rumour that fizzled out. A nonstory can fill a front page and still say nothing.
How NONSTORY is used
Used mostly in journalism and media talk to dismiss an overhyped item.
- The editor called the leak a nonstory and spiked it.
- By evening the scandal had become a nonstory.
- Critics dismissed the whole row as a nonstory invented by the press.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONSTORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONSTORY
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Common questions about NONSTORY
- Is NONSTORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONSTORY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONSTORY worth?
- NONSTORY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONSTORY mean?
- A report or event that turns out to be of little interest or substance.
- What letters can be added to NONSTORY?
- No single letter can be added to NONSTORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NONSTORY:
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