HIND is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HIND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIND?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIND is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIND scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HIND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does HIND mean in Scrabble?
adjective
At the back; also, a female deer.
Hind is two different words that share a spelling: one describes what is behind and the other names a female red deer. Neither is derived from the other, and both are Germanic.
How HIND is used
Before the noun as an adjective; countable as a noun.
- A hind leg carries more weight than a front one.
- The word hind is two words with one spelling.
- A hind is a female red deer.
- Two hinds grazed at the edge of the wood.
- Neither sense of hind comes from the other.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIND
Showing 24 of 48 words that begin with HIND.
Words ending in HIND
2 words end in HIND. Useful as a back hook: play HIND onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIND inside
20 words contain HIND in the middle. Words that start with HIND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIND
Common questions about HIND
- Is HIND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIND, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIND worth?
- HIND is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIND mean?
- At the back; also, a female deer.
- What letters can be added to HIND?
- HIND takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HIND:
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