BINT is valid in North America, not in Collins — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BINT is in the North American lists but not in Collins, so it stands in a US or Canadian game and can be challenged anywhere else. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BINT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BINT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BINT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bintsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BINT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BINT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does BINT mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensiveslangBritish
A derogatory slang term for a woman.
Bint entered British English from Arabic, where the word simply means daughter or girl, and was picked up during the colonial period, especially by soldiers stationed in Egypt. In British usage it lost its neutral meaning and became a dismissive, often insulting way of referring to a woman.
How BINT is used
Offensive and best avoided; found mainly in older or coarse British slang and in quotation.
- He was warned that calling her a bint would cause offence.
- The old novel is full of slang like bint for a young woman.
- She was furious at being dismissed as a silly bint.
- The word bint has largely fallen out of polite use.
- His grandfather still used bint from his army days abroad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BINT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BINT
3 longer words begin with BINT.
Words with BINT inside
13 words contain BINT in the middle. Words that start with BINT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BINT
Common questions about BINT
- Is BINT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BINT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BINT worth?
- BINT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BINT mean?
- A derogatory slang term for a woman.
- What letters can be added to BINT?
- BINT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BINT:
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