KINES is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. KINES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KINES?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KINES is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KINES
No single letter turns KINES into another word.
How KINES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KINES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does KINES mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicdialect
An archaic double plural of cow, built on kine, which is itself already the old plural of cow.
Kine already meant cows in older English, but some regional speech added a further plural ending to form kines, treating kine as if it were a singular needing its own plural. The result is a rare, stacked plural that grammarians note as a curiosity of dialect speech.
How KINES is used
Very rare, found mainly in dialect writing and grammatical curiosities rather than standard English.
- The old farmer spoke of driving his kines down to the lower pasture.
- The dialect story mentions counting kines at the end of the day.
- Several kines had wandered off before the storm broke.
- The register recorded the sale of a dozen kines that spring.
- Grandfather always called them kines, never the modern word cows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KINES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KINES
The 5 tiles of KINES in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KINES
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with KINES.
Words ending in KINES
5 words end in KINES. Useful as a back hook: play KINES onto a word already on the board.
Words with KINES inside
Showing 24 of 204 words that contain KINES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with KINES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KINES
Common questions about KINES
- Is KINES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KINES, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KINES worth?
- KINES is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KINES mean?
- An archaic double plural of cow, built on kine, which is itself already the old plural of cow.
- What letters can be added to KINES?
- No single letter can be added to KINES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KINES:
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