NOOKY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. NOOKY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept NOOKY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOOKY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOOKY
No single letter turns NOOKY into another word.
How NOOKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NOOKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 224,070.
What does NOOKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslang
Sexual intercourse, spoken of in a light or joking way.
Nooky is a coy, euphemistic word rather than a clinical one, and it turns up mostly in casual talk and comedy rather than in formal writing. It has no plural sense of its own and is treated as a mass noun, like the closely related nookie.
How NOOKY is used
Casual spoken English, often played for a laugh rather than used seriously.
- The sitcom joked about nooky behind closed doors.
- They snuck off for a bit of nooky at the party.
- Nooky was not what the counsellor meant by intimacy.
- His diary hinted at nooky without ever saying the word.
- The comedian built a whole routine around nooky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOOKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NOOKY
Common questions about NOOKY
- Is NOOKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOOKY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOOKY worth?
- NOOKY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOOKY mean?
- Sexual intercourse, spoken of in a light or joking way.
- What letters can be added to NOOKY?
- No single letter can be added to NOOKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NOOKY:
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