HIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIN?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does HIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
An ancient Hebrew measure of liquid, about six litres.
A hin is met in almost one place only: the instructions for offerings in the older books of the Bible, where quantities are given in it and in fractions of it. Translators keep the word rather than convert it, since any modern figure would be a guess dressed up as precision.
How HIN is used
Countable: a hin, two hins. Chiefly in biblical translation.
- The text asks for a quarter of a hin of oil.
- A hin is roughly six litres, though nobody is certain.
- Translators leave hin untranslated and add a footnote.
- The measure called a hin appears a dozen times in one book.
- Two hins of wine is a great deal by any reading.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIN
Showing 24 of 83 words that begin with HIN.
Words ending in HIN
Showing 24 of 62 words that end in HIN. Useful as a back hook: play HIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIN inside
Showing 24 of 2111 words that contain HIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIN
Common questions about HIN
- Is HIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIN worth?
- HIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIN mean?
- An ancient Hebrew measure of liquid, about six litres.
- What letters can be added to HIN?
- HIN takes 8 hooks: 4 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HIN:
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