RUNTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RUNTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUNTY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUNTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUNTY
No single letter turns RUNTY into another word.
How RUNTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RUNTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does RUNTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Unusually small or stunted in growth compared with others of the same kind; resembling a runt.
Runty builds directly on the noun runt, the smallest and weakest animal in a litter, and keeps that sense of being undersized and often overlooked. Breeders and gardeners use it for a piglet, puppy, or seedling that has failed to grow as large as its siblings, usually without any unkind intent. The word carries a slightly informal, everyday tone rather than a precise technical one.
How RUNTY is used
Informal; used mainly of the smallest animal or plant in a group, not a technical term.
- The runty puppy needed extra feeding to catch up with its littermates.
- She potted the runty seedlings separately to give them more light.
- A runty calf trailed behind the rest of the herd.
- He felt runty next to his much taller older brothers.
- The farmer kept the runty piglet warm under a heat lamp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUNTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in RUNTY
1 words end in RUNTY. Useful as a back hook: play RUNTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RUNTY
Common questions about RUNTY
- Is RUNTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUNTY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUNTY worth?
- RUNTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUNTY mean?
- Unusually small or stunted in growth compared with others of the same kind; resembling a runt.
- What letters can be added to RUNTY?
- No single letter can be added to RUNTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RUNTY:
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