PONGY is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 11 points
Yes for Scrabble. PONGY is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept PONGY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PONGY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PONGY
Front hooks — 1
spongyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PONGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PONGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does PONGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Having an unpleasant smell.
Pongy is informal British usage built from the noun pong, itself an older informal word for a bad smell. Something pongy is usually mildly unpleasant rather than genuinely foul, and the word turns up in casual talk about socks, cheese and gym bags. It rarely appears in formal writing.
How PONGY is used
Informal; comparative pongier, superlative pongiest.
- These trainers are getting a bit pongy.
- The fridge smelled pongy after the power cut.
- A pongy cheese can still taste wonderful.
- Nobody wanted to sit near the pongy gym bag.
- The changing room turned pongy by the end of the match.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PONGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PONGY
1 words end in PONGY. Useful as a back hook: play PONGY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PONGY
Common questions about PONGY
- Is PONGY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PONGY is not in it.
- How many points is PONGY worth?
- PONGY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PONGY mean?
- Having an unpleasant smell.
- What letters can be added to PONGY?
- PONGY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PONGY:
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