Definitions for spinneys

spinneys spin·ney

Spelling: [spin-ee]
IPA: /ˈspɪn i/

Spinneys is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in spinneys (einnpssy).

Definitions for spinneys

noun

  1. a small wood or thicket.

Origin of spinneys

1300-50; Middle English Middle French espinei (masculine), espinaie (feminine) a place full of thorns, derivative of espine spine; compare Late Latin spīnētum diffic

Examples for spinneys

So farewell, spinney; I have promised myself that I will never enter it again.

So he found her when he came round the corner of the spinney.

So they went on to where they could climb the fence into the spinney.

After that the spinney just off the road, and the welcome presence of Tony, Hastings, and the horses.

Then he called to Sir Andrew and led the way across the road and into the spinney.

"But that spinney is elected all the same," she said, dejectedly.

The spinney is cut down to the stumps—even the lilacs and the syringas, to the stumps.

As I got to that spinney at the edge of the quarry, I saw Mallalieu and our clerk.

By Jove, you did hop into that roofless house and scamper out of that spinney!

Do you remember long ago at the gate over there leading to Drake's spinney?

Word Value for spinneys
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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