SHINNEY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SHINNEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHINNEY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHINNEY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHINNEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shinneysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHINNEY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SHINNEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 617,576.
What does SHINNEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A simple informal kind of hockey played in the street or on ice.
Shinney is a pickup game with a ball or can for a puck and bent sticks, played by children and not by organised teams. The name is said to come from the knocks players took on the shin.
How SHINNEY is used
Shinney is informal and old-fashioned.
- The boys played shinney on the frozen pond.
- A game of shinney broke out after school.
- He remembered shinney with a tin can as a puck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHINNEY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHINNEY
3 longer words begin with SHINNEY.
Shorter words from the letters in SHINNEY
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Common questions about SHINNEY
- Is SHINNEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHINNEY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHINNEY worth?
- SHINNEY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHINNEY mean?
- A simple informal kind of hockey played in the street or on ice.
- What letters can be added to SHINNEY?
- SHINNEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SHINNEY:
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