WHINGE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHINGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHINGE?
| 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 WHINGE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHINGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHINGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHINGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does WHINGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalBritish
To complain in a persistent, peevish and irritating way.
To whinge is to grumble about small things over and over, in a thin, aggrieved voice, and it is rarely a compliment. The word is especially at home in British, Australian and New Zealand English, where whinging is seen as a bad habit worth teasing. It also works as a noun for a spell of such complaining, and it is related to the older verb whine.
How WHINGE is used
Informal; common in British, Australian and New Zealand speech.
- Please do not whinge about the weather; put on a coat.
- The children whinge all the way to the shops.
- He had a long whinge about the price of coffee.
- Nobody likes a colleague who will whinge at every small change.
- She tried not to whinge when the train was late again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHINGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WHINGE
The 6 tiles of WHINGE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WHINGE
7 longer words begin with WHINGE.
Shorter words from the letters in WHINGE
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Common questions about WHINGE
- Is WHINGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHINGE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHINGE worth?
- WHINGE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHINGE mean?
- To complain in a persistent, peevish and irritating way.
- What letters can be added to WHINGE?
- WHINGE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHINGE:
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