SPONGY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SPONGY 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 SPONGY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPONGY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPONGY
No single letter turns SPONGY into another word.
How SPONGY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPONGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about SPONGY
- SPONGY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPONGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Soft, springy and full of small holes, like a sponge.
People reach for spongy when something gives under the finger and bounces back slowly, as with a fresh cake, damp moss or a worn brake pedal. The word suggests a soft, porous texture that can hold liquid. It can be neutral, as when a baker praises a spongy crumb, or critical, as when a driver complains of a spongy feel in the steering.
How SPONGY is used
Used for textures; approving for cakes and moss, critical for pedals and ground.
- The cake came out light and spongy.
- We walked across spongy moss beside the stream.
- The brakes felt spongy and needed to be checked.
- After the rain the ground was soft and spongy.
- He pressed the spongy bread and it slowly rose again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPONGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPONGY
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Common questions about SPONGY
- Is SPONGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPONGY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPONGY worth?
- SPONGY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPONGY mean?
- Soft, springy and full of small holes, like a sponge.
- What letters can be added to SPONGY?
- No single letter can be added to SPONGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPONGY:
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