ONIONY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ONIONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ONIONY?
| 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 ONIONY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONIONY
No single letter turns ONIONY into another word.
How ONIONY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ONIONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 157,679.
What does ONIONY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having the smell or flavour of onions.
Oniony describes food, breath or a kitchen that carries the sharp, savoury trace of onions. It is a casual descriptive word, built by adding the common adjective ending to the vegetable, and it is usually meant as a plain observation rather than praise or complaint. Cooks use it for sauces and dips where the onion dominates the other flavours.
How ONIONY is used
Informal; at home in cooking talk and everyday remarks about smells and tastes.
- The soup was rich and oniony after an hour on the stove.
- His oniony breath filled the small lift.
- I find the dip too oniony for a party.
- An oniony smell drifted out of the open kitchen window.
- She likes her burgers oniony and well browned.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONIONY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ONIONY
Common questions about ONIONY
- Is ONIONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONIONY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONIONY worth?
- ONIONY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONIONY mean?
- Having the smell or flavour of onions.
- What letters can be added to ONIONY?
- No single letter can be added to ONIONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ONIONY:
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