RESINY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RESINY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESINY?
| 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 RESINY 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 RESINY
No single letter turns RESINY into another word.
How RESINY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RESINY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does RESINY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Smelling, feeling or looking like resin, or full of it.
Resiny describes things that carry the sticky sap of pines, firs and similar trees. It can refer to the sharp smell of a forest, to a tacky surface that clings to the fingers, or to timber so loaded with sap that it burns with a heavy smoke. Resinous is the more formal and scientific cousin of resiny.
How RESINY is used
Common in descriptions of woods, smells, varnishes and campfires.
- The cabin smelled warm and resiny after a morning of splitting pine.
- Resiny logs spit and crackle in the stove.
- He wiped his resiny hands on the grass but the stickiness stayed.
- The wine had a faintly resiny taste that some drinkers love and others avoid.
- A resiny scent drifted down from the hillside of firs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESINY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RESINY
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Common questions about RESINY
- Is RESINY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESINY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESINY worth?
- RESINY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESINY mean?
- Smelling, feeling or looking like resin, or full of it.
- What letters can be added to RESINY?
- No single letter can be added to RESINY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RESINY:
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