DWINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DWINE 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 DWINE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DWINE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DWINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DWINE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DWINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about DWINE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DWINE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicdialectScots
To waste away, dwindle, or grow steadily weaker, especially through illness, grief, or hardship.
Dwine describes a slow, visible decline, whether of a person losing strength and colour under a lingering illness, or of a fortune, a herd, or a hope fading away over time. The word is closely related to dwindle, and both trace back to the same old root meaning to shrink or fail, but dwine kept its life mainly in Scots and northern English dialect rather than becoming part of standard English. It appears often in older ballads and dialect poetry describing sickness or sorrow.
How DWINE is used
Chiefly Scots and northern dialect; rare outside dialect verse and older regional writing.
- The old shepherd began to dwine after his wife's death.
- Without rain, the crops started to dwine in the parched fields.
- She watched her grandmother dwine week by week in the cottage.
- The ballad tells of a knight who dwined away for love.
- His spirits began to dwine as winter dragged on.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DWINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DWINE
The 5 tiles of DWINE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DWINE
2 longer words begin with DWINE.
Shorter words from the letters in DWINE
Common questions about DWINE
- Is DWINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DWINE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DWINE worth?
- DWINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DWINE mean?
- To waste away, dwindle, or grow steadily weaker, especially through illness, grief, or hardship.
- What letters can be added to DWINE?
- DWINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DWINE:
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