WOMYN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WOMYN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOMYN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOMYN is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOMYN
No single letter turns WOMYN into another word.
How WOMYN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WOMYN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does WOMYN mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
An alternative spelling of women, adopted by some feminist writers to avoid the letters m-e-n inside the standard word.
Womyn was coined within certain strands of feminist writing from the 1970s onward as a deliberate respelling that removes men from the middle of the standard word women, which some writers felt visually and etymologically centered men even when referring to women. Womyn is used mainly in the names of feminist organizations, festivals and publications rather than in general writing, and it signals a particular cultural stance rather than functioning as a neutral synonym. Dictionaries record womyn as a real, attested spelling used by a specific community rather than as an error.
How WOMYN is used
Rare outside feminist and activist writing; used deliberately as a cultural statement rather than in ordinary prose.
- The festival described itself as a gathering for womyn only.
- Her essay explains why some writers prefer womyn to women.
- The magazine used womyn throughout its founding statement.
- Not every feminist writer adopts the spelling womyn.
- The group's name included the word womyn as a deliberate choice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOMYN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WOMYN
Common questions about WOMYN
- Is WOMYN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOMYN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOMYN worth?
- WOMYN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOMYN mean?
- An alternative spelling of women, adopted by some feminist writers to avoid the letters m-e-n inside the standard word.
- What letters can be added to WOMYN?
- No single letter can be added to WOMYN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WOMYN:
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