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NEEDY

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NEEDY Means

  1. adjective: poor enough to need help from others
  2. adjective: demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
  3. noun: needy people collectively“they try to help the needy”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NEEDY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 E1 E1 D2 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In NEEDY

30 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (11)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (7)

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