ARGENTINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ARGENTINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARGENTINE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARGENTINE is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGENTINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
argentinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARGENTINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ARGENTINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARGENTINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARGENTINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small silvery sea fish, or, when capitalised, a person from Argentina.
The argentine fish sense is a naturalist's term for slender species with shiny silver flanks. The word is also an older adjective meaning silvery, which relates to the Latin root for silver that gave the country its name.
How ARGENTINE is used
Capitalised for the nationality; lower case for the fish and the silvery sense.
- The trawler pulled up a net full of argentine from deep water.
- A silvery argentine glittered in the fisherman's bucket.
- The scientist described the argentine as a shoaling fish of the open sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGENTINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARGENTINE
The 9 tiles of ARGENTINE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARGENTINE
1 longer words begin with ARGENTINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGENTINE
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Common questions about ARGENTINE
- Is ARGENTINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGENTINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGENTINE worth?
- ARGENTINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGENTINE mean?
- A small silvery sea fish, or, when capitalised, a person from Argentina.
- What letters can be added to ARGENTINE?
- ARGENTINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ARGENTINE:
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