SPLEENY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SPLEENY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLEENY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLEENY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLEENY
No single letter turns SPLEENY into another word.
How SPLEENY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SPLEENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 631,611.
What does SPLEENY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Irritable, peevish, or gloomy in temper, as if from a troubled spleen.
The spleen was once believed to be the seat of bad moods, and spleeny comes from that old idea. Today the word survives mostly in older books and in deliberate period flavour.
How SPLEENY is used
Spleeny appears in older literature to describe a person in a sour, fretful or melancholy mood.
- The old clerk grew spleeny whenever the rain kept him indoors for a week.
- A spleeny reply from the host cooled the whole dinner table.
- He was a spleeny, fretful fellow who found fault with every arrangement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLEENY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLEENY
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Common questions about SPLEENY
- Is SPLEENY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLEENY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLEENY worth?
- SPLEENY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLEENY mean?
- Irritable, peevish, or gloomy in temper, as if from a troubled spleen.
- What letters can be added to SPLEENY?
- No single letter can be added to SPLEENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SPLEENY:
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