HAIRLINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HAIRLINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAIRLINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAIRLINE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAIRLINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hairlinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAIRLINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HAIRLINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAIRLINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAIRLINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The edge of the hair on the forehead, or a very thin line or crack.
People talk about a receding hairline when the hair starts to grow further back from the brow. Engineers and doctors use the same word for a crack so thin it is barely visible, as in a hairline fracture of a bone.
How HAIRLINE is used
Hairline works as a noun for the head and as a modifier for thin cracks and margins.
- His hairline had begun to recede by the age of thirty.
- The x-ray showed a hairline fracture in her wrist.
- A hairline crack ran across the bowl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAIRLINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAIRLINE
1 longer words begin with HAIRLINE.
Shorter words from the letters in HAIRLINE
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Common questions about HAIRLINE
- Is HAIRLINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAIRLINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAIRLINE worth?
- HAIRLINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAIRLINE mean?
- The edge of the hair on the forehead, or a very thin line or crack.
- What letters can be added to HAIRLINE?
- HAIRLINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HAIRLINE:
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