NINETEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NINETEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NINETEEN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NINETEEN is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NINETEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nineteensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NINETEEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NINETEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NINETEEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NINETEEN
- NINETEEN begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NINETEEN mean in Scrabble?
other
The number that comes after eighteen and before twenty, written 19.
Nineteen is the last number of the teens, since twenty follows right after it. People meet nineteen in ages, in dates such as the year nineteen ninety, and in scores of card games.
How NINETEEN is used
Nineteen works as a number word before a noun or on its own, as in nineteen people or at nineteen.
- She turned nineteen last Tuesday.
- There were nineteen chairs but only eighteen guests.
- The bus is due at nineteen minutes past noon.
- Nineteen of the players scored at least once.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NINETEEN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NINETEEN
5 longer words begin with NINETEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in NINETEEN
Common questions about NINETEEN
- Is NINETEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NINETEEN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NINETEEN worth?
- NINETEEN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NINETEEN mean?
- The number that comes after eighteen and before twenty, written 19.
- What letters can be added to NINETEEN?
- NINETEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NINETEEN:
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