WHY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHY?
| 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 WHY is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,213.
What does WHY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
For what reason.
Why is the only one of the question words that asks for a cause rather than a fact, and it is the one children find last and then use hardest. It works as a noun as well, in the whys and wherefores, and that phrase is older than either of the words in it standing alone.
How WHY is used
Adverb and conjunction; also a noun in the whys and wherefores.
- Nobody could say why the meeting had been called.
- The whys and wherefores took another hour.
- Why it failed matters more than that it failed.
- A child asks why until the answers run out.
- He never explained the why of any decision.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHY
10 longer words begin with WHY.
Words ending in WHY
2 words end in WHY. Useful as a back hook: play WHY onto a word already on the board.
Common questions about WHY
- Is WHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHY worth?
- WHY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHY mean?
- For what reason.
- What letters can be added to WHY?
- WHY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WHY:
Open WHY in the Word Finder