JIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. JIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JIN?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JIN is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does JIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A spirit of Arabian folklore, able to take human or animal form.
Jin is one of several English spellings of a word that also arrives as djinn and as genie, and the last of those came through French with a change of meaning attached. In the original a jin is not the servant of a lamp but a creature with a will of its own, neither good nor bad by nature.
How JIN is used
Countable: a jin, two jins. Also written djinn, jinn and genie.
- A jin in the older stories bargains rather than obeys.
- The jin of folklore is nothing like the one in the pantomime.
- Two jins in the same tale never agree about anything.
- The spelling jin is closer to the sound than genie is.
- A jin can take the shape of an animal and often does.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JIN
Showing 24 of 60 words that begin with JIN.
Words ending in JIN
2 words end in JIN. Useful as a back hook: play JIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with JIN inside
18 words contain JIN in the middle. Words that start with JIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JIN
Common questions about JIN
- Is JIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JIN worth?
- JIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIN mean?
- A spirit of Arabian folklore, able to take human or animal form.
- What letters can be added to JIN?
- JIN takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JIN:
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