SONNY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SONNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SONNY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SONNY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SONNY
No single letter turns SONNY into another word.
How SONNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SONNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 78,425.
What does SONNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal, often affectionate or mildly patronising form of address used by an older speaker to a boy or young man, and, less formally, a familiar word for a son.
An adult who calls a boy sonny is usually speaking down to him gently, whether out of genuine warmth or mild condescension, and the word almost never appears as anything but direct address rather than a description used behind someone's back. Sonny can soften a stern warning from an older man to a stranger's son, or it can carry real affection when a grandfather uses it for a grandchild he has known for years. The tone depends heavily on context, since the same word said sharply by an angry stranger reads as a put-down rather than kindness. Sonny rarely appears in formal writing, staying instead in spoken dialogue and informal storytelling.
How SONNY is used
Informal spoken address to a boy or young man, ranging in tone from warm to mildly condescending depending on who is speaking.
- Watch where you are going, sonny, said the old man crossing the street.
- Come here a minute, sonny, his grandfather called from the porch.
- The shopkeeper waved the boy over and asked what he wanted, sonny.
- She still calls her grown son sonny out of old habit.
- The coach barked at the new player, listen up, sonny.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SONNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SONNY
Common questions about SONNY
- Is SONNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SONNY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SONNY worth?
- SONNY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SONNY mean?
- An informal, often affectionate or mildly patronising form of address used by an older speaker to a boy or young man, and, less formally, a familiar word for a son.
- What letters can be added to SONNY?
- No single letter can be added to SONNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SONNY:
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