SHRIMPY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SHRIMPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHRIMPY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHRIMPY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHRIMPY
No single letter turns SHRIMPY into another word.
How SHRIMPY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SHRIMPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What stands out about SHRIMPY
- SHRIMPY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHRIMPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Small and physically weak in build.
Shrimpy is a casual put-down for someone who is slight or undersized, often used about boys. It can also mean full of shrimp, as in shrimpy waters.
How SHRIMPY is used
Informal; can be teasing or unkind.
- He was a shrimpy kid who grew tall later.
- The shrimpy sapling barely survived the frost.
- Nobody expected the shrimpy goalkeeper to save so many shots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHRIMPY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHRIMPY
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Common questions about SHRIMPY
- Is SHRIMPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHRIMPY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHRIMPY worth?
- SHRIMPY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHRIMPY mean?
- Small and physically weak in build.
- What letters can be added to SHRIMPY?
- No single letter can be added to SHRIMPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SHRIMPY:
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