GRAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GRAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRAIN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRAIN is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRAIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRAIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,606.
What stands out about GRAIN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 GRAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The small, hard seed of a cereal plant such as wheat, rice, or corn, or more broadly, a tiny, hard particle of any substance, such as a grain of sand.
Grain is both the name for cereal crops collectively, as in a shipment of grain, and the word for a single seed, as in counting the grains of wheat in a handful. The same word extends naturally to any small, hard particle that resembles a seed in size, such as a grain of salt, sand, or rice, and even to a tiny, old unit of weight once used for medicine and gunpowder. In woodworking, the grain describes the direction and pattern of the fibers running through a piece of wood, which affects both how it looks and how easily it splits. The idiom against the grain, meaning to go against the natural direction of something, comes directly from this last, woodworking sense.
How GRAIN is used
Extremely common; used for cereal crops, small particles of many substances, an old unit of weight, and the texture pattern of wood.
- Farmers store grain in tall silos after the harvest.
- A single grain of sand got stuck in her shoe.
- The carpenter cut the board along the grain to avoid splitting it.
- He measured the dose in grains, an old unit still used in some prescriptions.
- It went against the grain for her to accept help from a rival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRAIN
The 5 tiles of GRAIN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with GRAIN
18 longer words begin with GRAIN.
Words ending in GRAIN
9 words end in GRAIN. Useful as a back hook: play GRAIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with GRAIN inside
Showing 24 of 33 words that contain GRAIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GRAIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GRAIN
Common questions about GRAIN
- Is GRAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRAIN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRAIN worth?
- GRAIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRAIN mean?
- The small, hard seed of a cereal plant such as wheat, rice, or corn, or more broadly, a tiny, hard particle of any substance, such as a grain of sand.
- What letters can be added to GRAIN?
- GRAIN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRAIN:
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