ERMINE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ERMINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERMINE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERMINE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERMINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERMINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ERMINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What stands out about ERMINE
- ERMINE 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 ERMINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A stoat, especially in its white winter coat, or the white fur taken from this animal.
Ermine is both the living animal, a small weasel-like mammal that turns white in winter in cold regions, and the prized fur that has long trimmed the ceremonial robes of judges, peers, and royalty. Because that fur became such a fixed part of formal dress, ermine also came to stand for the office itself, so a writer might speak of the ermine to mean a judge's rank rather than the material. In heraldry, the word names a pattern of black spots on white that represents the fur on coats of arms.
How ERMINE is used
Used for the animal, for its fur, and, in heraldry, for the black-and-white spotted pattern based on that fur.
- The trapper had once hunted ermine for their winter coats.
- The judge's robe was trimmed with ermine along the collar.
- In summer the ermine's fur turns brown instead of white.
- The coat of arms displayed a shield patterned in ermine.
- A cloak lined with ermine marked the king's rank at a glance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERMINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ERMINE
2 longer words begin with ERMINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ERMINE
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Common questions about ERMINE
- Is ERMINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERMINE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERMINE worth?
- ERMINE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERMINE mean?
- A stoat, especially in its white winter coat, or the white fur taken from this animal.
- What letters can be added to ERMINE?
- ERMINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ERMINE:
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