WANEY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WANEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WANEY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WANEY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WANEY
No single letter turns WANEY into another word.
How WANEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WANEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does WANEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of timber, having a natural rounded edge covered with bark or lacking wood where the bark has fallen away.
Sawmill workers use waney to describe a plank cut so close to the outside of the log that part of the original curved surface, and sometimes the bark itself, remains along one edge. A waney edge is often left deliberately on rustic furniture and shelving to show the natural shape of the tree, rather than being cut away for a straight finish. Builders usually avoid waney timber for structural work because the missing wood along that edge reduces strength and makes precise measurement difficult. The term appears mostly in carpentry, joinery and timber grading rather than in everyday speech.
How WANEY is used
A specialist woodworking and timber trade term, rarely used outside carpentry and joinery contexts.
- The joiner rejected the waney board for the table frame.
- Rustic shelves are often cut with a waney edge left on purpose.
- The timber yard sold waney planks cheaply for outdoor use.
- A waney edge still showed traces of bark along the plank.
- Structural beams must never be waney at the load-bearing edge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WANEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about WANEY
- Is WANEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WANEY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WANEY worth?
- WANEY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WANEY mean?
- Of timber, having a natural rounded edge covered with bark or lacking wood where the bark has fallen away.
- What letters can be added to WANEY?
- No single letter can be added to WANEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WANEY:
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