LAWINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LAWINE 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 LAWINE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAWINE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAWINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lawinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAWINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LAWINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does LAWINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
An avalanche, borrowed from German.
Lawine is the German word for a mass of snow or rock sliding down a mountain, and it appears in English chiefly in word lists and older travel writing about the Alps. The more usual English forms are avalanche and the rare lauwine. Its use now is mostly confined to word games.
How LAWINE is used
Rare foreign borrowing, found mainly in word lists.
- The guide spoke of the lawine that buried the old chapel.
- A lawine thundered down the slope at dawn.
- Travelers feared the lawine in early spring.
- He wrote lawine in his notes instead of avalanche.
- The village was named after a lawine long ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAWINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAWINE
1 longer words begin with LAWINE.
Shorter words from the letters in LAWINE
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Common questions about LAWINE
- Is LAWINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAWINE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAWINE worth?
- LAWINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAWINE mean?
- An avalanche, borrowed from German.
- What letters can be added to LAWINE?
- LAWINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LAWINE:
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