PINY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PINY 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 PINY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PINY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINY
Front hooks — 1
spinyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PINY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PINY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does PINY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of or resembling pine trees.
Piny drops the letter the noun ends in, so it looks like a different word altogether at first sight. Perfume and cleaning-product writing use it a great deal more than forestry does.
How PINY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A piny smell that came from a bottle and not a wood.
- The word piny drops a letter from the noun.
- Piny slopes above the village on both sides.
- Advertising uses piny more than forestry does.
- The air was piny for a mile.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PINY
The 4 tiles of PINY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PINY
4 longer words begin with PINY.
Words ending in PINY
2 words end in PINY. Useful as a back hook: play PINY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PINY
Common questions about PINY
- Is PINY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINY worth?
- PINY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINY mean?
- Of or resembling pine trees.
- What letters can be added to PINY?
- PINY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PINY:
Open PINY in the Word Finder