ORDAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ORDAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORDAIN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORDAIN is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORDAIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ordainsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORDAIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ORDAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What stands out about ORDAIN
- The same 6 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 ORDAIN mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To officially appoint someone to a religious office, or to order or establish something with authority.
Ordain most often describes the ceremony by which a church confers ministerial or priestly authority on a person, marking their formal entry into the clergy after training. The word is also used more broadly for any authoritative act of establishing or decreeing something, as when a law is said to be ordained or fate is said to ordain an outcome. Both uses share the sense of an authority setting something in place that did not exist, or did not have that status, before.
How ORDAIN is used
Formal; used for religious ordination and, more broadly, for authoritative decrees by law, government or fate.
- The bishop will ordain three new priests this spring.
- The constitution was ordained by the founding assembly.
- Fate seemed to ordain that the two would meet again.
- She was ordained after seven years of theological study.
- The council moved to ordain a new set of trading rules.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORDAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORDAIN
The 6 tiles of ORDAIN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ORDAIN
8 longer words begin with ORDAIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ORDAIN
Showing 40 of 81. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ORDAIN
- Is ORDAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORDAIN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORDAIN worth?
- ORDAIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORDAIN mean?
- To officially appoint someone to a religious office, or to order or establish something with authority.
- What letters can be added to ORDAIN?
- ORDAIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ORDAIN:
Open ORDAIN in the Word Finder