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sawney

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Is sawney a Scrabble word?

Yes, sawney is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of sawney?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (countable) A fool, an idiot.countable

2. (UK, thieves' cant, obsolete, uncountable) Bacon.Examples: "Tyrrell, another boy, confirmed their testimony, and said, on one occasion, when they had stolen a heart, liver, and lights, the prisoner said, "go out, one or two of you, and see if you can get a bit of sawney!" (meaning a bit of bacon)."; "If a boy comes to the house on a night without money or sawney, or something to sell to the lodgers, a handkerchief or something of that kind, he is not admitted, but told very plainly, ‘Go thieve it, then.’"; "A man came in as she spoke, and drawing a large piece of bacon from his pocket, flung it down upon the counter. 'How much d'ye want for it?' said the lodging-house keeper, weighing it with his eyes. 'Sixpence.' 'Sixpence for a bit of sawney! (thieved bacon). We can't give more than fourpence in this shop, my buffer.'"UKobsoleteuncountable

noun (English)

1. (archaic, derogatory) A Scotsman.Examples: "“They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another."; "He took the gibe and scowled at me--he spoke always like a Sawney, and could never pass for English; but in his pleasure at the discovery he had made he let the word pass."archaicderogatory

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "sawney"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "sawney"?

Scrabble
12 points
S1
A1
W4
N1
E1
Y4
Words With Friends
12 points
S1
A1
W4
N2
E1
Y4

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