WHINNY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WHINNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHINNY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHINNY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHINNY
No single letter turns WHINNY into another word.
How WHINNY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHINNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,104 thousand.
What stands out about WHINNY
- WHINNY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHINNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A gentle, high-pitched cry made by a horse.
A whinny is softer than a full neigh and often greets a person or another horse. As a verb it describes the same sound being made.
How WHINNY is used
Used for the soft call of a horse, and as a verb for making it.
- The horse gave a whinny when it saw the farmer.
- We heard a whinny from the stable.
- The foal answered with a tiny whinny.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHINNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHINNY
1 longer words begin with WHINNY.
Shorter words from the letters in WHINNY
Common questions about WHINNY
- Is WHINNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHINNY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHINNY worth?
- WHINNY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHINNY mean?
- A gentle, high-pitched cry made by a horse.
- What letters can be added to WHINNY?
- No single letter can be added to WHINNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHINNY:
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