GAMIN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GAMIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAMIN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAMIN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAMIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAMIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAMIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,819.
What does GAMIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A street urchin, especially a lively, mischievous boy who grows up largely unsupervised on city streets.
French writers first used gamin to capture the sharp-witted, cheeky character of poor Parisian boys who roamed the streets, most famously the character Gavroche in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. English borrowed the word largely intact, keeping its sense of scrappy independence rather than plain poverty, since the figure is usually shown as clever and street-smart rather than merely unfortunate. The related feminine form later drifted into describing a boyish, playfully charming style in women's fashion, a softer meaning quite far from the original.
How GAMIN is used
A literary word, most often met in fiction, historical writing, and descriptions of Parisian street life.
- The novel follows a gamin who survives by his wits.
- A quick gamin darted between the market stalls.
- Hugo's young gamin becomes a symbol of the uprising.
- The old photograph showed a barefoot gamin grinning at the camera.
- Critics compared the character to a classic Parisian gamin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAMIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAMIN
10 longer words begin with GAMIN.
Words with GAMIN inside
7 words contain GAMIN in the middle. Words that start with GAMIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAMIN
Common questions about GAMIN
- Is GAMIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAMIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAMIN worth?
- GAMIN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAMIN mean?
- A street urchin, especially a lively, mischievous boy who grows up largely unsupervised on city streets.
- What letters can be added to GAMIN?
- GAMIN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAMIN:
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