WINGNUT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WINGNUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WINGNUT?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINGNUT is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINGNUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wingnutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WINGNUT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WINGNUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 823,434.
What does WINGNUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A nut with two flat projections that can be turned by hand, or, informally, an extremist or eccentric person.
Mechanics rely on the wingnut where a part must come off often without tools, as on bicycle seats or battery clamps. In American slang the same word is a jibe at someone with fanatical, usually political, views.
How WINGNUT is used
The word wingnut is hardware vocabulary and also an informal insult, so the context decides the sense.
- Tighten the wingnut by hand.
- He lost a wingnut and the clamp fell off.
- Critics dismissed the senator as a wingnut.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINGNUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WINGNUT
1 longer words begin with WINGNUT.
Shorter words from the letters in WINGNUT
Common questions about WINGNUT
- Is WINGNUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINGNUT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINGNUT worth?
- WINGNUT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINGNUT mean?
- A nut with two flat projections that can be turned by hand, or, informally, an extremist or eccentric person.
- What letters can be added to WINGNUT?
- WINGNUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WINGNUT:
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