BLAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BLAIN 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 BLAIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLAIN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLAIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blainsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLAIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does BLAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A blister, boil, or inflamed swelling on the skin.
Blain survives today chiefly inside the compound chilblain, a name for the itching, cold-induced swelling that forms on fingers and toes in winter, but the plain word once carried the whole weight of that meaning on its own. Older medical writers and Bible translators reached for blain when describing skin trouble that modern English handles with several different, more specific words, so a single old text might use it where today's reader would expect various terms depending on the cause. Because blain has almost entirely dropped out of everyday speech, most readers now meet it only through chilblain or through older texts rather than as a word in current use.
How BLAIN is used
Archaic outside the compound chilblain, met mainly in older medical writing or in historical and biblical texts.
- The old remedy book described a poultice for treating a blain.
- A painful blain had formed on the traveller's heel after days of walking.
- The translation rendered the skin affliction as a blain rather than a blister.
- Cold weather left a tender blain on the back of her hand.
- Physicians of the period lanced the blain to relieve the swelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BLAIN
The 5 tiles of BLAIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BLAIN
1 longer words begin with BLAIN.
Words ending in BLAIN
1 words end in BLAIN. Useful as a back hook: play BLAIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with BLAIN inside
2 words contain BLAIN in the middle. Words that start with BLAIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLAIN
Common questions about BLAIN
- Is BLAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLAIN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLAIN worth?
- BLAIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLAIN mean?
- A blister, boil, or inflamed swelling on the skin.
- What letters can be added to BLAIN?
- BLAIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLAIN:
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