TANKY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. TANKY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TANKY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANKY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANKY
No single letter turns TANKY into another word.
How TANKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TANKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does TANKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalslang
Built solidly like a tank, or able to soak up a great deal of damage before giving way.
The word grew out of comparing something sturdy to an armoured tank, and gaming culture then narrowed it further: a tanky character is one designed to absorb hits so that others in the group survive. The sense has spread from games into general informal talk about anything unusually durable.
How TANKY is used
Informal and mainly recent; heard often in gaming but not restricted to it.
- That build is tanky enough to survive the whole fight alone.
- The old jeep looked tanky next to the delivery van beside it.
- A tanky character draws the enemy fire while the others attack.
- Reviewers called the new phone tanky after it survived several drops.
- He plays a tanky role and lets his teammates deal the damage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TANKY
Common questions about TANKY
- Is TANKY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TANKY is not in it.
- How many points is TANKY worth?
- TANKY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANKY mean?
- Built solidly like a tank, or able to soak up a great deal of damage before giving way.
- What letters can be added to TANKY?
- No single letter can be added to TANKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TANKY:
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