THINGY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. THINGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THINGY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THINGY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THINGY
No single letter turns THINGY into another word.
How THINGY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THINGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What stands out about THINGY
- THINGY 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 THINGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A casual word for an object or person whose name you cannot recall, do not know or do not bother to say.
A speaker reaches for thingy when a name will not come: the small plastic thingy that holds the cable in place. It sounds playful and rather vague, so it suits chat and not careful writing. Similar stand-ins include whatsit and gadget, though those usually point at objects only.
How THINGY is used
Informal and slightly humorous; avoid in technical or formal writing.
- Pass me that thingy on the shelf.
- What is the thingy for opening bottles called?
- He fiddled with a thingy on the back of the radio.
- The thingy fell off again, so I taped it back on.
- I need the green thingy from the toolbox.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THINGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THINGY
The 6 tiles of THINGY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in THINGY
Common questions about THINGY
- Is THINGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THINGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THINGY worth?
- THINGY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THINGY mean?
- A casual word for an object or person whose name you cannot recall, do not know or do not bother to say.
- What letters can be added to THINGY?
- No single letter can be added to THINGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THINGY:
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