PIN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIN?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does PIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short thin piece of metal with a sharp point.
Pin turns up in more idioms than almost any other small object: pin money, pin down, on pins and needles. The reason is that pins were expensive enough to be worth mentioning until machines started making them by the million.
How PIN is used
Countable. Also a verb: pinned, pinning.
- A pin holds the whole hem until it is sewn.
- They pinned the notice to the wrong door.
- Pin money was once a real allowance and not a joke.
- The word pin appears in more idioms than most objects.
- Two pins left in the shirt and both found the hard way.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIN
The 3 tiles of PIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PIN
Showing 24 of 354 words that begin with PIN.
Words ending in PIN
Showing 24 of 68 words that end in PIN. Useful as a back hook: play PIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with PIN inside
Showing 24 of 1490 words that contain PIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PIN
Common questions about PIN
- Is PIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIN worth?
- PIN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIN mean?
- A short thin piece of metal with a sharp point.
- What letters can be added to PIN?
- PIN takes 8 hooks: 1 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PIN:
Open PIN in the Word Finder