ZINKY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. ZINKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZINKY?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZINKY is to know. It scores 21 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZINKY
No single letter turns ZINKY into another word.
How ZINKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZINKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What stands out about ZINKY
- ZINKY scores 21 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZINKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Of or resembling zinc; containing or coated with zinc.
Zinky is the adjective form built from the metal zinc, used to describe something that has the dull bluish-white look of zinc or that is made of or plated with it, such as galvanized sheeting. It is a plain, descriptive word rather than a technical term confined to chemists, though it turns up most often in writing about metals and manufacturing.
How ZINKY is used
Chiefly descriptive of colour or coating; used in writing about metals and metalwork.
- The bucket had a zinky sheen from years of galvanizing.
- A zinky smell lingered on his hands after handling the sheeting.
- The old roof panels had turned a dull zinky grey.
- She noticed a faint zinky taste from the tap water.
- The fence posts were coated in a zinky finish to resist rust.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZINKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZINKY
Common questions about ZINKY
- Is ZINKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZINKY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZINKY worth?
- ZINKY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZINKY mean?
- Of or resembling zinc; containing or coated with zinc.
- What letters can be added to ZINKY?
- No single letter can be added to ZINKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZINKY:
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