ENSHRINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ENSHRINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENSHRINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENSHRINE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENSHRINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENSHRINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENSHRINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENSHRINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ENSHRINE
- ENSHRINE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ENSHRINE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To preserve a right, idea or tradition in a form that keeps it safe and respected.
Originally enshrine meant to put a holy relic inside a shrine. The modern sense is mostly legal and political, as when a principle is written into a constitution. The tone remains reverent, as if the thing were being guarded.
How ENSHRINE is used
Common in news and legal writing, usually about rights or values being fixed in law or custom.
- The new constitution will enshrine freedom of speech.
- They chose to enshrine the founder's motto above the main door.
- Laws cannot enshrine kindness, but they can protect it.
- The museum was built to enshrine the relics of the saint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENSHRINE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENSHRINE
6 longer words begin with ENSHRINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENSHRINE
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Common questions about ENSHRINE
- Is ENSHRINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENSHRINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENSHRINE worth?
- ENSHRINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENSHRINE mean?
- To preserve a right, idea or tradition in a form that keeps it safe and respected.
- What letters can be added to ENSHRINE?
- ENSHRINE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENSHRINE:
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