WHEY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHEY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHEY is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wheysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHEY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WHEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does WHEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The watery liquid left when milk curdles.
Whey was a waste product for centuries and is now sold as protein powder, which reverses its entire economic history. The nursery rhyme about curds and it describes a dish that nobody eats any more.
How WHEY is used
Uncountable; used as a modifier before a noun.
- Whey runs off as the curd forms and was once thrown away.
- The word whey is Old English and unchanged.
- Protein powder is mostly whey that used to be waste.
- Curds and whey in the rhyme is a real dish nobody makes.
- A cheesemaker measures whey to check the curd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHEY
11 longer words begin with WHEY.
Shorter words from the letters in WHEY
Common questions about WHEY
- Is WHEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHEY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHEY worth?
- WHEY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHEY mean?
- The watery liquid left when milk curdles.
- What letters can be added to WHEY?
- WHEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WHEY:
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