SONSY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SONSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SONSY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SONSY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SONSY
No single letter turns SONSY into another word.
How SONSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SONSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SONSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
In Scots and northern English dialect, having a healthy, well-fed and pleasantly plump appearance, or, more broadly, good-natured, thriving and fortunate-looking.
Older Scots writers used sonsy to praise someone's appearance without any of the negative weight that plump or fat can carry in standard English, describing a rounded, healthy figure as attractive rather than as a fault. A sonsy child or a sonsy farmer's wife was thought to look prosperous and well cared for, and the word could stretch further still to mean simply lucky or thriving, tying physical bloom to good fortune in general. No single standard English word captures quite the same mix of plumpness, good nature and thriving good luck that sonsy carries in one term. The variant spelling sonsie appears just as often in older Scots writing.
How SONSY is used
Scots and northern English dialect, used as an affectionate compliment for someone with a healthy, well-fed appearance.
- The old song praised the sonsy lass with rosy cheeks.
- Neighbours called her a sonsy wee bairn even as a baby.
- He described the farmer's wife as a sonsy, cheerful woman.
- The dialect glossary defined sonsy as plump, comely and lucky.
- A sonsy face and a warm laugh made her popular in the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SONSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in SONSY
1 words end in SONSY. Useful as a back hook: play SONSY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in SONSY
Common questions about SONSY
- Is SONSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SONSY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SONSY worth?
- SONSY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SONSY mean?
- In Scots and northern English dialect, having a healthy, well-fed and pleasantly plump appearance, or, more broadly, good-natured, thriving and fortunate-looking.
- What letters can be added to SONSY?
- No single letter can be added to SONSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SONSY:
Open SONSY in the Word Finder