SHINTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHINTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHINTY?
| 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 SHINTY 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 SHINTY
No single letter turns SHINTY into another word.
How SHINTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHINTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about SHINTY
- SHINTY 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 SHINTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A Scottish team game resembling hockey, played with curved sticks and a small ball.
Shinty is played by two teams of twelve, and it is closely related to the Irish game of hurling. Players swing a wooden stick with a curved end, and the goalposts are taller than those used in hockey. The game is strongly associated with the Scottish Highlands, where clubs still compete for trophies each year.
How SHINTY is used
Name of a sport; also used for the stick in older texts.
- Shinty is played every weekend in the glen.
- He carried his shinty stick to school.
- The shinty final drew a large crowd.
- Shinty looks much like hockey to a visitor.
- She joined the local shinty club as a girl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHINTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHINTY
1 longer words begin with SHINTY.
Shorter words from the letters in SHINTY
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Common questions about SHINTY
- Is SHINTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHINTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHINTY worth?
- SHINTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHINTY mean?
- A Scottish team game resembling hockey, played with curved sticks and a small ball.
- What letters can be added to SHINTY?
- No single letter can be added to SHINTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHINTY:
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