SHINNY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHINNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHINNY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHINNY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHINNY
No single letter turns SHINNY into another word.
How SHINNY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHINNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 551,876.
What stands out about SHINNY
- SHINNY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHINNY mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalNorth American
To climb up a pole or tree by gripping it with the hands and legs.
To shinny up something is to haul yourself upward using arms and legs together, with little grace and plenty of effort. The verb is a variant of shin, which has the same meaning. The word also names a simple street version of hockey played by children, often with a ball or a tin can in place of a puck.
How SHINNY is used
Informal; usually followed by up, as in shinny up a pole.
- The boy tried to shinny up the flagpole.
- He had to shinny up the drainpipe to reach the window.
- Kids used to shinny up the old oak to reach the rope swing.
- We watched the cat shinny up the fence post.
- They played shinny on the frozen pond until dark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHINNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHINNY
1 longer words begin with SHINNY.
Shorter words from the letters in SHINNY
Common questions about SHINNY
- Is SHINNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHINNY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHINNY worth?
- SHINNY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHINNY mean?
- To climb up a pole or tree by gripping it with the hands and legs.
- What letters can be added to SHINNY?
- No single letter can be added to SHINNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHINNY:
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