FINI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. FINI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FINI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FINI is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FINI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
finisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FINI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FINI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does FINI mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Finished, over, done with.
Fini is French dropped whole into English for effect, and the effect is a full stop: saying fini closes a subject in a way the plain English word does not. It belongs to speech and to dialogue rather than to writing, and it is nearly always the last thing in the sentence it ends.
How FINI is used
Used after the verb only — the argument is fini. Never placed before a noun.
- That is it, fini, no more discussion.
- He said fini and closed the folder.
- The season is fini and everyone knows it.
- One word, fini, and the meeting was over.
- She writes fini at the bottom of every draft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FINI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FINI
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with FINI.
Words with FINI inside
Showing 24 of 109 words that contain FINI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FINI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FINI
Common questions about FINI
- Is FINI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FINI is not in it.
- How many points is FINI worth?
- FINI is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FINI mean?
- Finished, over, done with.
- What letters can be added to FINI?
- FINI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FINI:
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