CINE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CINE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CINE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CINE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does CINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Motion-picture film or the cinema, especially as used before another noun such as camera or film.
Cine is a shortened, informal way of referring to moving pictures, most familiar in the compound cine camera, a camera built to record moving film rather than still photographs. It reflects the same root as cinema but is used more as a descriptive tag for film-related equipment and formats.
How CINE is used
Chiefly British and somewhat dated, mostly seen attached to another word, as in cine camera or cine film.
- Grandfather still owned an old cine camera from the 1960s.
- They found a box of cine film showing their childhood holidays.
- The shop specialised in restoring vintage cine projectors.
- He described the family gathering as fit for a cine reel.
- Cine equipment has largely been replaced by digital video cameras.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CINE
The 4 tiles of CINE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CINE
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with CINE.
Words ending in CINE
Showing 24 of 49 words that end in CINE. Useful as a back hook: play CINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CINE inside
Showing 24 of 90 words that contain CINE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CINE
Common questions about CINE
- Is CINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CINE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CINE worth?
- CINE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CINE mean?
- Motion-picture film or the cinema, especially as used before another noun such as camera or film.
- What letters can be added to CINE?
- CINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CINE:
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