PAINS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PAINS 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 PAINS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAINS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAINS
Front hooks — 1
spainsBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PAINS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAINS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 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 PAINS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 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 PAINS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Great care or effort taken in doing something, especially in the phrase to take pains.
When someone takes pains over a task, they work at it with unusual care, checking details that a less careful person might skip. Pains in this sense has drifted far from its singular pain, meaning physical or emotional suffering, and it survives mainly in the fixed expressions to take pains and for one's pains, the latter used ironically when careful effort brings a poor reward. Writers reach for pains rather than the plainer care when they want to stress deliberate, exacting effort.
How PAINS is used
Used mainly in the set phrases to take pains and for one's pains, less often as a free-standing word.
- She took great pains to get every date in the report right.
- He went to considerable pains to keep the surprise a secret.
- For all his pains, the plan still fell apart at the last minute.
- The editor took pains to check every quotation against the original.
- They took pains to seat the rivals at opposite ends of the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAINS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAINS
The 5 tiles of PAINS in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with PAINS
6 longer words begin with PAINS.
Words ending in PAINS
4 words end in PAINS. Useful as a back hook: play PAINS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PAINS
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Common questions about PAINS
- Is PAINS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAINS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAINS worth?
- PAINS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAINS mean?
- Great care or effort taken in doing something, especially in the phrase to take pains.
- What letters can be added to PAINS?
- PAINS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAINS:
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