THORNY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. THORNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THORNY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THORNY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THORNY
No single letter turns THORNY into another word.
How THORNY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THORNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about THORNY
- THORNY 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 THORNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Covered with sharp spines, or hard to deal with because it is full of difficulty.
A thorny hedge or rose stem will catch at sleeves and skin, and that literal picture is the root of the figurative use. People call a problem thorny when every approach to it seems to hurt someone or snag on a hidden complication. The figurative sense is far more common in modern writing than the botanical one.
How THORNY is used
Used literally of plants and, more often, figuratively of issues, questions and negotiations.
- The thorny stems tore at his gloves as he cleared the path.
- Funding was the thorny question that kept the committee talking until midnight.
- She avoided the thorny subject of money during dinner.
- A thorny thicket of brambles grew along the old wall.
- Few judges enjoy such a thorny dispute between neighbours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THORNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THORNY
The 6 tiles of THORNY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in THORNY
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Common questions about THORNY
- Is THORNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THORNY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THORNY worth?
- THORNY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THORNY mean?
- Covered with sharp spines, or hard to deal with because it is full of difficulty.
- What letters can be added to THORNY?
- No single letter can be added to THORNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THORNY:
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