WINGY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WINGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WINGY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINGY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINGY
Front hooks — 1
swingyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WINGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WINGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does WINGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryarchaicpoetic
Having wings, or moving with the swiftness suggested by wings.
Poets reached for wingy when they wanted to suggest something light, airborne, or rapid, whether describing an actual winged creature or a soul imagined as soaring free. The word rarely appears outside older verse and is considered archaic in ordinary prose.
How WINGY is used
Found mainly in older poetry, rarely in modern prose.
- The poem described a wingy spirit rising above the clouds.
- Its wingy shape cast a quick shadow across the yard.
- The old verse called desire a wingy, restless thing.
- A wingy insect darted past before he could look closer.
- She imagined a wingy creature carrying the letter away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in WINGY
1 words end in WINGY. Useful as a back hook: play WINGY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WINGY
Common questions about WINGY
- Is WINGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINGY worth?
- WINGY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINGY mean?
- Having wings, or moving with the swiftness suggested by wings.
- What letters can be added to WINGY?
- WINGY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WINGY:
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