OINK is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OINK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OINK?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OINK is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OINK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OINK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about OINK
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 OINK mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A word imitating the grunt of a pig.
Oink is surprisingly recent in print, first recorded in the 1940s, although the sound it names is not. Earlier English wrote the same grunt quite differently.
How OINK is used
Used alone. Also a verb and noun.
- Oink is how English writes the sound now.
- The word oink was first recorded in the 1940s.
- Earlier English wrote the grunt differently from oink.
- The pig oinked twice and went back to sleep.
- Two oinks and the whole class laughed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OINK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OINK
The 4 tiles of OINK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OINK
3 longer words begin with OINK.
Words ending in OINK
1 words end in OINK. Useful as a back hook: play OINK onto a word already on the board.
Words with OINK inside
3 words contain OINK in the middle. Words that start with OINK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OINK
Common questions about OINK
- Is OINK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OINK, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OINK worth?
- OINK is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OINK mean?
- A word imitating the grunt of a pig.
- What letters can be added to OINK?
- OINK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OINK:
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