MIRIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MIRIN 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 MIRIN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIRIN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIRIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIRIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MIRIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does MIRIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sweet, low-alcohol Japanese rice wine used mainly for cooking rather than drinking.
Mirin is made by fermenting glutinous rice with a mold culture, producing sugars that give sauces and glazes a mild sweetness and shine. Japanese cooks add it to dishes such as teriyaki sauce, simmered vegetables, and glazes for grilled fish, often alongside soy sauce and sake. Because it contains very little alcohol compared with sake, mirin is treated as a seasoning rather than a beverage.
How MIRIN is used
Countable and uncountable noun used mainly in recipes for Japanese dishes.
- The recipe calls for a tablespoon of mirin.
- She glazed the salmon with soy sauce and mirin.
- Mirin gives teriyaki sauce its gentle sweetness.
- Some brands of mirin contain almost no alcohol.
- He substituted sugar and water when he ran out of mirin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIRIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIRIN
4 longer words begin with MIRIN.
Words with MIRIN inside
6 words contain MIRIN in the middle. Words that start with MIRIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MIRIN
Common questions about MIRIN
- Is MIRIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIRIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIRIN worth?
- MIRIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIRIN mean?
- A sweet, low-alcohol Japanese rice wine used mainly for cooking rather than drinking.
- What letters can be added to MIRIN?
- MIRIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MIRIN:
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