AINSELL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AINSELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AINSELL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AINSELL is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AINSELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AINSELL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AINSELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What does AINSELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
One's own self; oneself.
Ainsell is a Scots form built from own and self. It is found in dialect writing rather than ordinary speech.
How AINSELL is used
Ainsell is a Scots word that stresses doing something by oneself.
- He did the work by his ainsell.
- She sat alone with her ainsell by the fire.
- The poem speaks of a man left to his ainsell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AINSELL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AINSELL
1 longer words begin with AINSELL.
Shorter words from the letters in AINSELL
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Common questions about AINSELL
- Is AINSELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AINSELL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AINSELL worth?
- AINSELL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AINSELL mean?
- One's own self; oneself.
- What letters can be added to AINSELL?
- AINSELL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AINSELL:
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