FIND is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FIND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIND?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIND is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
findsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIND scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FIND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does FIND mean in Scrabble?
verb
To discover something by chance or search.
Find has a past tense that changes the vowel rather than adding an ending, which marks it as one of the oldest verbs in the language. Its noun sense, about something discovered, is nineteenth-century.
How FIND is used
Irregular past tense. Also a noun.
- They find something new in it every time.
- The word find changes its vowel in the past tense.
- A find of that importance is announced carefully.
- The noun sense of find is nineteenth-century.
- Finding it took longer than using it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIND
8 longer words begin with FIND.
Words ending in FIND
2 words end in FIND. Useful as a back hook: play FIND onto a word already on the board.
Words with FIND inside
21 words contain FIND in the middle. Words that start with FIND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FIND
Common questions about FIND
- Is FIND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIND, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIND worth?
- FIND is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIND mean?
- To discover something by chance or search.
- What letters can be added to FIND?
- FIND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FIND:
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