EYESTRINGS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EYESTRINGS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EYESTRINGS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EYESTRINGS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EYESTRINGS
No single letter turns EYESTRINGS into another word.
How EYESTRINGS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EYESTRINGS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EYESTRINGS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EYESTRINGS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicobsolete
The muscles and nerves of the eye, once believed to snap at death or when sight failed.
Old writers used eyestrings in poetry about dying or going blind. Such a break was imagined as a real physical event, which gave the phrase its drama.
How EYESTRINGS is used
Obsolete; found in older literature, typically in the plural.
- His eyestrings cracked as the light faded, wrote the poet.
- In the old play, the eyestrings of the dying king break.
- Scholars note that eyestrings were a common image in Elizabethan verse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EYESTRINGS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EYESTRINGS
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Common questions about EYESTRINGS
- Is EYESTRINGS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EYESTRINGS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EYESTRINGS worth?
- EYESTRINGS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EYESTRINGS mean?
- The muscles and nerves of the eye, once believed to snap at death or when sight failed.
- What letters can be added to EYESTRINGS?
- No single letter can be added to EYESTRINGS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EYESTRINGS:
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