WITNEY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WITNEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITNEY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WITNEY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WITNEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
witneysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WITNEY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WITNEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does WITNEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A thick, soft woollen cloth with a raised nap, traditionally made into blankets and coats.
Witney takes its name from the Oxfordshire town where this heavy cloth was long woven, and it became a common noun for the cloth itself. It was valued for warmth, so it turned up in blankets and in heavy winter coats. The sense is now mostly met in older texts and in the history of the wool trade.
How WITNEY is used
Mostly historical or specialist; the capitalised form is also a place name.
- The soldiers slept under blankets of thick witney.
- He bought a length of witney for a winter coat.
- Her great-aunt kept a worn witney folded in a chest.
- Fine witney was once a pride of the wool trade.
- The catalogue lists witney among the heavier fabrics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITNEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WITNEY
1 longer words begin with WITNEY.
Shorter words from the letters in WITNEY
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Common questions about WITNEY
- Is WITNEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITNEY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITNEY worth?
- WITNEY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITNEY mean?
- A thick, soft woollen cloth with a raised nap, traditionally made into blankets and coats.
- What letters can be added to WITNEY?
- WITNEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WITNEY:
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