Drain is valid Scrabble Word

Is drain a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is drain valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

5 letters word
6 points in Scrabble
7 points in WWF

Definitions for DRAIN in dictionary:

VERB:

to draw off a liquid
cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry
cause or allow (liquid) to run off or out of something
make (land) drier by providing channels for water to flow away in
(of a river) carry off the superfluous water from (an area)
(of water or another liquid) flow away from, out of, or into something
become dry or drier as liquid runs off or away
drink the entire contents of (a glass or other container)
(of a feeling or emotion) become progressively less strongly felt
deprive of strength or vitality

cause (a valuable resource) to be lost or used up
(of a valuable resource) be lost or used up
(of a player) hole (a putt)
To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
To filter.
To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
flow off gradually
deplete of resources
empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
make weak
draw off or remove liquid from

NOUN:

a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.
a frame of metal bars set in a road over the opening to a rainwater channel.
a tube for drawing off accumulating fluid from a body cavity or an abscess.
the part of a field-effect transistor to which the charge carriers flow after passing the gate.
a thing that uses up a particular resource
the continuous loss or expenditure of a particular resource
pipe or channel that carries off water or sewage
The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers\' drains.
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
a pipe through which liquid is carried away
a gradual depletion of energy or resources

Words related to DRAIN

drainable12 drained9 draining10 drains7

Words that contain DRAIN

drains7 drained9 drainer8 drainage10 drainers9 draining10 drainable12 drainages11 drainpipe14 undrained11 appledrain15 drainboard14 drainlayer14 drainpipes15 underdrain12 appledrains16 drainboards15 drainlayers15 underdrains13 undrainable14 underdrained15 underdrainage16 underdraining16 underdrainages17

How to use DRAIN in a sentence

Then have ready a pan with a colander, into which turn the onions to drain, covering them with a cloth to keep in the steam.
I shall tell you why they wish to drain the lake just now.
They are forever relieved from that constant strain on their pride, and the consequent drain on their purse.
Paul and Sioux City Road, will drain one of the most fertile valleys, in wealth of exports, to be found in any portion of the West.
I carried four of the former and Chardenal carried two of each, and we looked as if we had come to mend a main drain.
You will disappear down a drain, where even Allah will forget that you ever existed.
But the other part of the burden, the drain upon his purse, was not so easily to be met withal.
He felt an impulse to reach out, seize a glass, and drain it.
Wet the surface with alcohol, letting any superfluous quantity drain off.
Means were taken to drain the lake, which was discovered without difficulty, and, true enough, two horrible dragons were found.

The brain does not get sufficient rest, and the loss of sleep involves such an expenditure of energy through the brain as to constitute a serious drain upon the nervous system.
The land between this point and the outlet is absolutely level, requiring the necessary fall in the drain which connects the two, to be gained by raising the upper end of it.
Those who intend to drain in the best manner will find such details important.
To wheel or throw out the solid parts of the manure, and to have a drain for carrying the liquid into a tank, where it can be pumped on to the heap of manure in the yard.
The best way to find the correct length of the resistance wire is to take a large clay or drain tile and wind the wire tightly around it, allowing a space between each turn.
The blood seemed to drain away from her body, leaving her ready to sink, and only the watchful and threatening eye of a man nurse sustained her.
Turn off the juice and carefully filter it through a jelly bag, putting the seeds and skins into a separate bag to drain, as the juice from them will be less clear.
In the morning, drain and put them to cook in boiling water.
Then dip the contents of the stock kettle into the colander, and leave it there to drain for fifteen or twenty minutes.
Cook for five minutes, drain and again cover with boiling water.
Drain and pour boiling water over them in the can and set in a hot oven to heat thoroughly.
Drain on brown paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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