Is PHONEY a word?
PHONEY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 45 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PHONEY is a valid word.
What does phoney mean?
noun: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PHONEY: word details
- Pronunciation: FOH-nee (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside phoney
Words you can make from the letters of phoney.
Solve a whole rack, not just PHONEY
PHONEY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PHONEY mean?
PHONEY is a noun. It means: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
Is PHONEY a valid word?
Yes, PHONEY is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.