TWEENY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TWEENY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TWEENY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWEENY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWEENY
No single letter turns TWEENY into another word.
How TWEENY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TWEENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does TWEENY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformalhistorical
A junior household servant who helped both the cook and the housemaid.
In large Victorian and Edwardian houses the tweeny worked in between the kitchen and the upstairs rooms, which is how the name arose, from between. She was usually the youngest and least paid of the female staff, and she was expected to lend a hand wherever she was needed. The word belongs mainly to histories and period dramas about domestic service.
How TWEENY is used
Historical and British; mostly seen in writing about life in great houses.
- The tweeny carried coal up four flights before breakfast.
- As a young tweeny she scrubbed pots for the cook and polished grates for the housemaid.
- The novel follows a tweeny who dreams of becoming a lady's maid.
- No one thanked the tweeny, though the house depended on her.
- A tweeny slept in the attic room beside the water tank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWEENY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TWEENY
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Common questions about TWEENY
- Is TWEENY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWEENY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWEENY worth?
- TWEENY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWEENY mean?
- A junior household servant who helped both the cook and the housemaid.
- What letters can be added to TWEENY?
- No single letter can be added to TWEENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TWEENY:
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