EINA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. EINA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept EINA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EINA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EINA
No single letter turns EINA into another word.
How EINA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 672.
What does EINA mean in Scrabble?
interjection
South African
An exclamation of sudden pain or discomfort, equivalent to ouch.
Eina comes from Afrikaans. It is used across South African English exactly the way an English speaker would use ouch, blurted out the instant something hurts.
How EINA is used
Used in spoken South African English; not standard in other varieties of English.
- Eina! I just stubbed my toe on the table.
- She shouted eina when the nurse gave the injection.
- Eina, that sunburn looks painful.
- He said eina and pulled his hand away from the hot pan.
- The child cried eina after falling off the bike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EINA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EINA
The 4 tiles of EINA in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in EINA
1 words end in EINA. Useful as a back hook: play EINA onto a word already on the board.
Words with EINA inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain EINA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EINA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EINA
Common questions about EINA
- Is EINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EINA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EINA worth?
- EINA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EINA mean?
- An exclamation of sudden pain or discomfort, equivalent to ouch.
- What letters can be added to EINA?
- No single letter can be added to EINA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EINA:
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