WONKY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WONKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WONKY?
| 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 WONKY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WONKY
No single letter turns WONKY into another word.
How WONKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WONKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does WONKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Unsteady, crooked, or not working correctly.
Wonky covers anything from a wobbly table leg to a computer program that keeps crashing, so its exact meaning depends on what it modifies. British speakers reach for it constantly in casual talk because it is short, vivid and slightly humorous rather than technical. Something wonky is not necessarily broken beyond repair, just unreliable or slightly off in shape.
How WONKY is used
Informal British usage, common in everyday speech about faulty or crooked things.
- One leg of the chair was wonky, so it rocked on the floor.
- The printer has been wonky ever since the power cut.
- She drew a wonky line across the page with the ruler.
- His stomach felt a bit wonky after the long flight.
- The shelf looked wonky until he tightened the last screw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WONKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WONKY
Common questions about WONKY
- Is WONKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WONKY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WONKY worth?
- WONKY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WONKY mean?
- Unsteady, crooked, or not working correctly.
- What letters can be added to WONKY?
- No single letter can be added to WONKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WONKY:
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