DINK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DINK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DINK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DINK is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DINK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DINK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does DINK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A ball played softly just over the net.
Dink names a shot dropped just beyond the net, and the word imitates the sound of it. A separate dink is an acronym from the 1980s about a household with two incomes and no children.
How DINK is used
Countable. Also a verb: dinked, dinking.
- A dink wins the point when the other player is deep.
- The word dink imitates the sound of the shot.
- She dinked it over and walked to the net.
- A dink as an acronym is a separate word from the 1980s.
- Two dinks in a row and the crowd started laughing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DINK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DINK
The 4 tiles of DINK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DINK
17 longer words begin with DINK.
Shorter words from the letters in DINK
Common questions about DINK
- Is DINK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DINK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DINK worth?
- DINK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DINK mean?
- A ball played softly just over the net.
- What letters can be added to DINK?
- DINK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DINK:
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