MAINS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MAINS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAINS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAINS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAINS
No single letter turns MAINS into another word.
How MAINS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAINS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about MAINS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MAINS mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
The public supply of water, gas or electricity reaching a building.
Mains is plural in form and singular in use: the mains is off, run it off the mains. In Britain it is the ordinary word for what comes through the wall as against what comes out of a battery or a tank, and mains-powered on a box tells a buyer more than any technical figure would.
How MAINS is used
Treated as singular: the mains is off. Common attributively — mains water, mains-powered.
- The mains is off until Thursday.
- Run it off the mains and keep the batteries for the walk.
- A mains failure at that hour empties the whole street.
- The cottage was not on the mains until 1974.
- Mains water tastes different from one town to the next.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAINS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAINS
The 5 tiles of MAINS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with MAINS
20 longer words begin with MAINS.
Words ending in MAINS
12 words end in MAINS. Useful as a back hook: play MAINS onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAINS inside
2 words contain MAINS in the middle. Words that start with MAINS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAINS
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Common questions about MAINS
- Is MAINS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAINS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAINS worth?
- MAINS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAINS mean?
- The public supply of water, gas or electricity reaching a building.
- What letters can be added to MAINS?
- No single letter can be added to MAINS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAINS:
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