PHONINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PHONINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHONINESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHONINESS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHONINESS
No single letter turns PHONINESS into another word.
How PHONINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PHONINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHONINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHONINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The quality of not being genuine, or of being false and insincere.
Phoniness is what people sense when a smile, a compliment or a product seems staged. It is an informal word with a blunt edge, often used in complaints about pretence. Readers know it well from fiction in which a narrator hates fakery.
How PHONINESS is used
Informal, used to criticise insincerity or fakery in people and things.
- He could not stand the phoniness of the party small talk.
- The phoniness of the advert was obvious to everyone.
- Critics pointed to the phoniness of his sudden friendliness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHONINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHONINESS
1 longer words begin with PHONINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in PHONINESS
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Common questions about PHONINESS
- Is PHONINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHONINESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHONINESS worth?
- PHONINESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHONINESS mean?
- The quality of not being genuine, or of being false and insincere.
- What letters can be added to PHONINESS?
- No single letter can be added to PHONINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PHONINESS:
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