ROSINY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ROSINY 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 ROSINY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 ROSINY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROSINY
No single letter turns ROSINY into another word.
How ROSINY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ROSINY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does ROSINY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Resembling rosin, or containing it or smelling of it.
Rosin is the hard amber resin left after turpentine is distilled from pine sap, and rosiny describes anything sticky, resinous or scented like it. A violinist's bow, a freshly cut pine plank or the air in a lumber yard might all be called rosiny. The word is uncommon and appears mainly in descriptive writing about woods and smells.
How ROSINY is used
Rare; found in descriptive prose about pine wood and resinous smells.
- The workshop had a warm, rosiny smell of fresh pine.
- Her fingers felt rosiny after handling the bow.
- A rosiny gum oozed from the cut in the bark.
- The torch gave off a rosiny smoke.
- He disliked the rosiny taste of the cheap wine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROSINY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROSINY
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Common questions about ROSINY
- Is ROSINY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROSINY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROSINY worth?
- ROSINY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROSINY mean?
- Resembling rosin, or containing it or smelling of it.
- What letters can be added to ROSINY?
- No single letter can be added to ROSINY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ROSINY:
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