Is PHONY a word?
PHONY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 13 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PHONY is a valid word.
What does phony 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.
PHONY: word details
- Pronunciation: FOH-nee (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so PHONY works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- 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 phony
Words you can make from the letters of phony.
Solve a whole rack, not just PHONY
PHONY 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 PHONY mean?
PHONY 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 PHONY a valid word?
Yes, PHONY is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 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.