PAYNIM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PAYNIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAYNIM?
| 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 PAYNIM is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAYNIM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paynimsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAYNIM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PAYNIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does PAYNIM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
In older writing, a person who is not a Christian, especially a Muslim.
The word comes from the Old French for pagan and was common in medieval romances and crusader tales, where the paynim is the enemy knight of the opposing faith. Modern readers meet it almost only in old poems, Victorian historical fiction and deliberately antique writing. As it reflects the attitudes of its period, careful writers avoid it for living people and use it only when quoting or imitating older texts.
How PAYNIM is used
Archaic and literary; found in medieval romance and later imitations of it.
- The poem tells how the knight rode out to fight the paynim.
- A paynim host gathered beyond the river in the old ballad.
- The chronicle calls every foreign warrior a paynim.
- In the tale, the paynim king keeps a captive in his tower.
- Scott used the word paynim to give his novel an old flavour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAYNIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAYNIM
3 longer words begin with PAYNIM.
Shorter words from the letters in PAYNIM
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Common questions about PAYNIM
- Is PAYNIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAYNIM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAYNIM worth?
- PAYNIM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAYNIM mean?
- In older writing, a person who is not a Christian, especially a Muslim.
- What letters can be added to PAYNIM?
- PAYNIM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PAYNIM:
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