GIN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. GIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIN is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 998.
What does GIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A spirit flavoured with juniper.
Gin is clipped from genever, the Dutch name, which came in turn from the word for juniper. A separate gin is a machine — the cotton gin — and that one is short for engine and has no connection with the drink.
How GIN is used
Uncountable for the spirit; countable for a machine.
- A gin without juniper is legally not a gin.
- The word gin is clipped from the Dutch genever.
- The cotton gin is short for engine.
- Two gins and a bottle of tonic between four people.
- Gin was cheap enough in 1730 to cause a panic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GIN
The 3 tiles of GIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GIN
Showing 24 of 94 words that begin with GIN.
Words ending in GIN
Showing 24 of 29 words that end in GIN. Useful as a back hook: play GIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with GIN inside
Showing 24 of 1396 words that contain GIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GIN
Common questions about GIN
- Is GIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIN worth?
- GIN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIN mean?
- A spirit flavoured with juniper.
- What letters can be added to GIN?
- GIN takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GIN:
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