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Is shinny a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shinny is a Scrabble US word. The word shinny is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1H4I1N1N1Y4

Is shinny a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shinny is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1H4I1N1N1Y4

Is shinny a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shinny is a Words With Friends word. The word shinny is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3I1N2N2Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

SHINNY,

5-letter words (2 found)

HINNY,SHINY,

4-letter words (7 found)

HINS,HISN,INNS,NISH,SHIN,SINH,YINS,

3-letter words (12 found)

HIN,HIS,INN,INS,ISH,NIS,NYS,SHY,SIN,SNY,SYN,YIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

HI,IN,IS,NY,SH,SI,

You can make 28 words from shinny according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shinny

shinny

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪni/

Etymology 1

shin (noun) +‎ -y

Verb

shinny (third-person singular simple present shinnies, present participle shinnying, simple past and past participle shinnied)

  1. To climb in an awkward manner.
Synonyms
  • shimmy, shin (British)

Etymology 2

Variation of shinty.

Noun

shinny (uncountable) or shinny hockey

  1. (Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.
    • 2010, Jason Blake, Canadian Hockey Literature: A Thematic Study, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN (cloth-bound), →ISBN (paperback), chapter two: “The Hockey Dream: Hockey as Escape, Freedom, Utopia”, page 63:
      In shinny, everyone wins. Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains.
  2. (Canada) Street hockey.
  3. (Canada, informal) Hockey.
  4. (US, anthropology) A hockey-like game played by American Indians.

Etymology 3

Noun

shinny (uncountable)

  1. Moonshine (illegal alcohol)

References

  • “shinny” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Source: wiktionary.org