INN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. INN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in INN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,198.
What does INN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small hotel, or a pub with rooms.
Inn is Old English and once meant simply a dwelling, which is why the Inns of Court are not hotels and never were. The double letter marks a short vowel and is the only reason the spelling looks unusual.
How INN is used
Countable: an inn, two inns.
- The inn has four rooms and a car park for six.
- The word inn once meant any dwelling.
- The Inns of Court are named from that older sense.
- Two inns in one village and both of them full.
- An inn differs from a pub by having beds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INN
Showing 24 of 100 words that begin with INN.
Words ending in INN
6 words end in INN. Useful as a back hook: play INN onto a word already on the board.
Words with INN inside
Showing 24 of 455 words that contain INN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with INN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in INN
Common questions about INN
- Is INN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INN worth?
- INN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INN mean?
- A small hotel, or a pub with rooms.
- What letters can be added to INN?
- INN takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of INN:
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