KINDA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KINDA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KINDA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KINDA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KINDA
No single letter turns KINDA into another word.
How KINDA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KINDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does KINDA mean in Scrabble?
adverb
informal
Somewhat, or to some extent — an informal contraction of kind of.
Kinda fuses kind of into one spoken unit, and it works as a hedge that softens a statement without committing to it fully. Writers use it to capture speech directly, in dialogue or in a deliberately casual voice, where kind of would look too formal on the page. The same pattern produced sorta from sort of, and both words are almost always written exactly as they are said.
How KINDA is used
Informal and mainly spoken; represents casual pronunciation of kind of in writing.
- I kinda expected the plan to fall apart by Friday.
- The word kinda is just kind of run together in speech.
- She was kinda annoyed but tried not to show it.
- It looks kinda like the drawing in the manual.
- He said the film was kinda long but worth watching.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KINDA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KINDA
Common questions about KINDA
- Is KINDA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KINDA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KINDA worth?
- KINDA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KINDA mean?
- Somewhat, or to some extent — an informal contraction of kind of.
- What letters can be added to KINDA?
- No single letter can be added to KINDA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KINDA:
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