What PHONIES Means
PHONIES is a form of PHONY, which means:
- 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
- adjective: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PHONIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 H4 O1 N1 I1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PHONIES
171 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.
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (25)
EOSINHOISEHONESHOPESHOSENNOISEOPENSOPINEOPSINPEINSPEONSPHEONPHONEPHONSPINESPIONSPOISEPONESPSIONSHINESHONESHOPESNIPESNOEPSPINE
4 letter words (64)
EISHEONSEPOSHENSHEPSHESPHIESHINSHIPSHISNHOESHONEHONSHOPEHOPSHOSEIONSNEPSNESHNIESNIPSNISHNOESNOPENOSENOSHONESONIEOPENOPESPEHSPEINPENIPENSPEONPESOPHISPHONPHOSPIESPINEPINSPIONPISEPISHPISOPOISPONEPONSPOSEPOSHSHINSHIPSHOESHOPSIENSINESINHSIPESNIPSONESOPHSPIESPIN
3 letter words (54)
EHSENSEONHENHEPHESHIEHINHIPHISHOEHOIHONHOPHOSINSIONIOSISHISONEPNIENIPNISNOHNOSOESOHSOISONEONSOPEOPSOSEPEHPENPESPHIPHOPIEPINPISPOHPOIPOSPSISEISENSHESINSIPSOHSONSOP
2 letter words (23)
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