ESSOIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ESSOIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESSOIN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESSOIN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESSOIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
essoinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESSOIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ESSOIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about ESSOIN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 7 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 ESSOIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistoricalarchaic
In old English law, a formal reason given for someone's absence from a scheduled court appearance.
Essoin belongs to the vocabulary of medieval English law courts, where a party who could not attend on the appointed day sent an essoin, a recognized excuse such as illness or absence abroad, to avoid being judged in default. Court clerks kept essoin rolls recording these excuses case by case. The word also worked as a verb, so a person could essoin themselves or be essoined by an appointed representative. Essoin disappeared from active legal practice centuries ago and now appears only in legal history and in the study of old court records.
How ESSOIN is used
A historical legal term from medieval English law, met today only in legal history writing and old court records.
- The clerk recorded the essoin offered for the defendant's absence.
- A knight might send an essoin if called away on royal service.
- Historians study the essoin rolls to trace who attended each court session.
- A false essoin could itself be punished under old law.
- The essoin excused him from appearing at the first hearing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESSOIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESSOIN
The 6 tiles of ESSOIN in a different order — 7 found.
Words starting with ESSOIN
5 longer words begin with ESSOIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ESSOIN
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Common questions about ESSOIN
- Is ESSOIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESSOIN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESSOIN worth?
- ESSOIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESSOIN mean?
- In old English law, a formal reason given for someone's absence from a scheduled court appearance.
- What letters can be added to ESSOIN?
- ESSOIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ESSOIN:
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