GAINST is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GAINST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAINST?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAINST is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAINST
Front hooks — 1
againstBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How GAINST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GAINST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,066.
What stands out about GAINST
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 GAINST mean in Scrabble?
preposition
archaicpoetic
An archaic, shortened form of against, used chiefly in poetry and older writing.
Gainst drops the first syllable of against, the way many older English words shed a leading vowel in verse to fit a line's rhythm or to sound more informal. Poets and writers of earlier centuries used gainst freely wherever against would otherwise disrupt the meter of a poem or hymn. Modern editions sometimes mark the missing syllable with an apostrophe, as 'gainst, though the plain spelling gainst also appears without one.
How GAINST is used
Found mainly in older poetry, hymns, and deliberately archaic writing rather than in modern speech.
- The soldiers stood gainst the coming tide of the enemy.
- Her heart rebelled gainst everything she had once believed.
- The old hymn speaks of struggling gainst temptation.
- He leaned gainst the cold stone wall to catch his breath.
- The poem sets light gainst darkness in every verse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAINST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAINST
The 6 tiles of GAINST in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with GAINST
6 longer words begin with GAINST.
Shorter words from the letters in GAINST
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Common questions about GAINST
- Is GAINST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAINST, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAINST worth?
- GAINST is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAINST mean?
- An archaic, shortened form of against, used chiefly in poetry and older writing.
- What letters can be added to GAINST?
- GAINST takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GAINST:
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