TONNISH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TONNISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TONNISH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TONNISH is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TONNISH
No single letter turns TONNISH into another word.
How TONNISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TONNISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 308,788.
What does TONNISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Stylish and fashionable in the manner of high society.
Tonnish belongs to an older way of speaking about social elegance, when being in step with fashion mattered as a badge of rank. Today it turns up mostly in historical novels or in jokes that borrow a dated tone.
How TONNISH is used
Tonnish is used of people, clothes or manners that suit the fashionable set, and it now sounds deliberately old-fashioned.
- She arrived in a tonnish gown that set the whole ballroom talking.
- The novel is full of tonnish gentlemen who care more about their waistcoats than their debts.
- He affected a tonnish drawl whenever visitors from town were present.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TONNISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TONNISH
3 longer words begin with TONNISH.
Shorter words from the letters in TONNISH
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Common questions about TONNISH
- Is TONNISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TONNISH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TONNISH worth?
- TONNISH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TONNISH mean?
- Stylish and fashionable in the manner of high society.
- What letters can be added to TONNISH?
- No single letter can be added to TONNISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TONNISH:
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