SPINDLY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SPINDLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPINDLY?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPINDLY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPINDLY
No single letter turns SPINDLY into another word.
How SPINDLY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SPINDLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What stands out about SPINDLY
- SPINDLY 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 SPINDLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Long, thin and weak-looking.
Spindly suggests something that has grown tall without growing strong, like a seedling starved of light or a newborn foal on wobbly legs. It is usually mildly negative, since the thing looks as if it might snap.
How SPINDLY is used
Spindly is applied to plants, limbs and furniture that look too slender to be sturdy.
- The spindly tomato plants leaned toward the window.
- He sat on a spindly chair.
- The colt stood on spindly legs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPINDLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPINDLY
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Common questions about SPINDLY
- Is SPINDLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPINDLY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPINDLY worth?
- SPINDLY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPINDLY mean?
- Long, thin and weak-looking.
- What letters can be added to SPINDLY?
- No single letter can be added to SPINDLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SPINDLY:
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