BAIRNISH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BAIRNISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAIRNISH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAIRNISH is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAIRNISH
No single letter turns BAIRNISH into another word.
How BAIRNISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BAIRNISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAIRNISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BAIRNISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Like or suited to a child.
Bairnish comes from the Scots bairn, a child, and carries a gently teasing note. It fits behaviour or talk that seems immature for the speaker.
How BAIRNISH is used
Scottish and northern English; rare elsewhere.
- His bairnish delight at the snow made everyone laugh.
- She dropped the bairnish ways and spoke seriously.
- There was something bairnish about the way he pouted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAIRNISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAIRNISH
The 8 tiles of BAIRNISH in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BAIRNISH
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Common questions about BAIRNISH
- Is BAIRNISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAIRNISH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAIRNISH worth?
- BAIRNISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAIRNISH mean?
- Like or suited to a child.
- What letters can be added to BAIRNISH?
- No single letter can be added to BAIRNISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BAIRNISH:
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