INION is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. INION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INION?
| 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 INION is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INION
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INION scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in INION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,428.
What does INION mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The bony bump at the base of the skull where the neck muscles attach, formally the external occipital protuberance.
The inion sits at the back of the head, where a person can usually feel a small bony ridge beneath the hair. Anatomists use the inion as a fixed landmark for measuring the skull and for describing the position of the neck muscles that attach there. In clinical neurology and EEG testing, the inion serves as one of the standard reference points for placing electrodes accurately on the scalp. The word is rarely heard outside anatomy, medicine and forensic science.
How INION is used
Technical anatomical term, used mainly in medicine, neurology and forensic descriptions of the skull.
- The technician measured from the inion to place the electrode correctly.
- Forensic anthropologists noted the size of the inion when examining the skull.
- A firm ridge marks the inion at the base of the head.
- The textbook diagram labelled the inion among other skull landmarks.
- She could feel her own inion by pressing gently at the back of her skull.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INION
1 longer words begin with INION.
Words ending in INION
5 words end in INION. Useful as a back hook: play INION onto a word already on the board.
Words with INION inside
22 words contain INION in the middle. Words that start with INION are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in INION
Common questions about INION
- Is INION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INION, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INION worth?
- INION is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INION mean?
- The bony bump at the base of the skull where the neck muscles attach, formally the external occipital protuberance.
- What letters can be added to INION?
- INION takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of INION:
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