HYENINE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HYENINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYENINE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYENINE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYENINE
No single letter turns HYENINE into another word.
How HYENINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HYENINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 449,146.
What does HYENINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Of or resembling a hyena.
Hyenine is a scholarly alternative to "hyena-like", used for the animals or for anything that suggests their scavenging habits or their cackling call. The related form hyenic is already described in this set. The word hyenine itself is uncommon and sounds deliberate.
How HYENINE is used
Hyenine is a rare descriptive adjective, found in zoology and in vivid prose.
- The fossil showed a skull of clearly hyenine shape.
- He gave a hyenine laugh that made the whole room turn.
- Zoologists noted the hyenine jaw structure of the extinct predator.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYENINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HYENINE
Common questions about HYENINE
- Is HYENINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYENINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYENINE worth?
- HYENINE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYENINE mean?
- Of or resembling a hyena.
- What letters can be added to HYENINE?
- No single letter can be added to HYENINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HYENINE:
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