SIXPENNY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. SIXPENNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIXPENNY?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIXPENNY is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIXPENNY
No single letter turns SIXPENNY into another word.
How SIXPENNY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SIXPENNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIXPENNY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SIXPENNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Priced at a sixpence; hence, by extension, cheap or of little worth.
Sixpenny survives in sixpenny nail, a trade size, and in phrases about old bargains. The sixpenny coin itself was called a tanner.
How SIXPENNY is used
Sixpenny is mostly found in historical writing about old British prices.
- He bought a sixpenny loaf at the corner shop.
- A sixpenny nail is about two inches long.
- The sixpenny seats were at the back of the cinema.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIXPENNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SIXPENNY
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Common questions about SIXPENNY
- Is SIXPENNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIXPENNY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIXPENNY worth?
- SIXPENNY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIXPENNY mean?
- Priced at a sixpence; hence, by extension, cheap or of little worth.
- What letters can be added to SIXPENNY?
- No single letter can be added to SIXPENNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SIXPENNY:
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