ISLAND is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ISLAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISLAND?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISLAND is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISLAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
islandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISLAND scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ISLAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does ISLAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
A piece of land, smaller than a continent, that is completely surrounded by water.
An island can range from a vast landmass like Greenland down to a bare rock barely large enough to stand on, and the defining feature is simply that water surrounds it on every side. People have long used island figuratively too, describing anything isolated or set apart, such as a traffic island in the middle of a busy road or a person who feels like an island of calm in the chaos of the office. Islands have shaped history and biology alike, since isolation by water lets unique cultures, languages, and species develop that would not survive on a connected mainland.
How ISLAND is used
An everyday word used both literally for land surrounded by water and figuratively for anything isolated.
- They sailed for two days before reaching the island.
- Pedestrians waited on the traffic island for the light to change.
- The island supports species found nowhere else on earth.
- She felt like an island of calm in the chaos of the office.
- Storms often cut the island off from the mainland for days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISLAND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ISLAND
5 longer words begin with ISLAND.
Shorter words from the letters in ISLAND
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Common questions about ISLAND
- Is ISLAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISLAND, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISLAND worth?
- ISLAND is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISLAND mean?
- A piece of land, smaller than a continent, that is completely surrounded by water.
- What letters can be added to ISLAND?
- ISLAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ISLAND:
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