INIA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. INIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INIA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INIA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INIA
No single letter turns INIA into another word.
How INIA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in INIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What does INIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A freshwater dolphin found in South American rivers, with a long hairy snout and often pinkish skin.
Inia names a kind of freshwater dolphin living in rivers of South America, notably the Amazon, known for its long narrow snout with fine hairs and its often pink colouring. Naturalists use inia to describe this river dolphin as a type of animal, not as the name of any single creature.
How INIA is used
Found mainly in zoology and nature writing about South American rivers.
- The inia surfaced briefly beside the boat.
- Fishermen spoke of the inia as a guardian of the river.
- The inia has a longer snout than most ocean dolphins.
- Researchers tracked the inia along the flooded forest channels.
- A pink inia glided past the fallen tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in INIA
24 words end in INIA. Useful as a back hook: play INIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with INIA inside
Showing 24 of 83 words that contain INIA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with INIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in INIA
Common questions about INIA
- Is INIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INIA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INIA worth?
- INIA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INIA mean?
- A freshwater dolphin found in South American rivers, with a long hairy snout and often pinkish skin.
- What letters can be added to INIA?
- No single letter can be added to INIA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of INIA:
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