MAINLINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MAINLINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAINLINE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAINLINE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAINLINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAINLINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAINLINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAINLINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MAINLINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The principal route of a railway, road or pipeline, from which smaller branches lead off.
Travellers meet the word on timetables, where the mainline carries the express trains and branch lines serve small towns. It also works for any central channel that others feed into.
How MAINLINE is used
Mainline is used in transport, and as an adjective it means belonging to the chief or standard group.
- The mainline runs straight from the capital to the coast.
- We changed trains at the junction to join the mainline.
- Freight trains must give way to express traffic on the mainline.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAINLINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAINLINE
4 longer words begin with MAINLINE.
Shorter words from the letters in MAINLINE
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Common questions about MAINLINE
- Is MAINLINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAINLINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAINLINE worth?
- MAINLINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAINLINE mean?
- The principal route of a railway, road or pipeline, from which smaller branches lead off.
- What letters can be added to MAINLINE?
- MAINLINE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAINLINE:
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