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Is greenie a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word greenie is a Scrabble US word. The word greenie is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is greenie a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word greenie is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is greenie a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word greenie is a Words With Friends word. The word greenie is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

GREENIE,

6-letter words (1 found)

RENEGE,

5-letter words (12 found)

EERIE,EIGNE,ERING,GENIE,GENRE,GERNE,GREEN,GREIN,NIGER,REGIE,REIGN,RENIG,

4-letter words (14 found)

EGER,EINE,ERNE,GENE,GERE,GIEN,GIRN,GREE,GREN,GRIN,REEN,REIN,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (22 found)

EEN,ENE,ENG,ERE,ERG,ERN,GEE,GEN,GER,GIE,GIN,ING,IRE,NEE,NEG,NIE,REE,REG,REI,REN,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EN,ER,GI,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from greenie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of greenie

greenie

Alternative forms

  • greeny

Etymology

From green +‎ -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring to trade unionists who supported green bans.

Pronunciation

Noun

greenie (plural greenies)

  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
    • 2009, Sean Dooley, Cooking With Baz, Large Print 16pt Edition, page 25,
      ‘And whadda you want?’ the barman spat at me.
      Above his head was a large sign that read ‘Fertilize the Bush – Doze in a Greenie’. I was dressed in a flannelette shirt and army trousers – exactly like the Greenie protestors they′d been battling the previous year.
    Synonym: tree hugger
  2. (Australian politics, informal, by extension) A member of the Green Party.
  3. (US, Wyoming, derogatory, slang) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
  4. (informal) An unripe fruit.
  5. (US, slang) A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
    Synonyms: greenhorn, tyro
  6. (informal) A small, green object.
    1. (slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
    2. (US, slang) Amphetamines used in baseball.
  7. (informal) Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage.
    1. A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa.
    2. A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.
    3. A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
    4. A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia.
  8. (informal) An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
  9. (informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
    Coordinate term: brownie
  10. (surfing, slang) Short for greenback.
  11. (golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.

See also

  • greeny

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Source: wiktionary.org