FIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FIN 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 FIN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does FIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thin flat part on a fish, used for steering.
A fish does not swim with its fins: the body drives it forward and they steer and stabilise, which is why a damaged tail is far worse than a torn one anywhere else. The word covers anything shaped that way — on a car, a rocket, a radiator.
How FIN is used
Countable: a fin, two fins.
- The fin was torn and the fish swam in circles.
- A fin on a radiator does the same job by a different route.
- Cars grew a fin in the 1950s for no reason at all.
- The dorsal fin breaks the surface first.
- A rocket needs a fin at the back to fly straight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIN
Showing 24 of 248 words that begin with FIN.
Words ending in FIN
Showing 24 of 39 words that end in FIN. Useful as a back hook: play FIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with FIN inside
Showing 24 of 633 words that contain FIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FIN
Common questions about FIN
- Is FIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIN worth?
- FIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIN mean?
- A thin flat part on a fish, used for steering.
- What letters can be added to FIN?
- FIN takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FIN:
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