KING is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. KING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KING?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KING is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KING
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KING scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,205.
What does KING mean in Scrabble?
noun
A male ruler of an independent state.
King is built on the same root as kin, so the title originally meant something close to the man of the family. Almost every Germanic language kept the word in a recognisable form.
How KING is used
Countable: a king, two kings.
- A king without a parliament is a different office entirely.
- The word king shares a root with kin.
- Two kings claimed the same throne for nine years.
- Kingly is now used only in imitation of older writing.
- Every Germanic language kept a form of king.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KING
The 4 tiles of KING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KING
Showing 24 of 52 words that begin with KING.
Words ending in KING
Showing 24 of 1006 words that end in KING. Useful as a back hook: play KING onto a word already on the board.
Words with KING inside
Showing 24 of 399 words that contain KING somewhere in the middle. Words that start with KING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KING
Common questions about KING
- Is KING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KING, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KING worth?
- KING is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KING mean?
- A male ruler of an independent state.
- What letters can be added to KING?
- KING takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KING:
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