PINA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PINA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PINA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PINA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PINA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What stands out about PINA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 PINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fine, lightweight cloth woven from the fibres of pineapple leaves, used especially in the Philippines for formal clothing.
Pina is made by carefully extracting long, silky fibres from pineapple leaves and weaving them into a sheer, delicate fabric prized for its lightness and slight stiffness. In the Philippines it is the traditional material for the barong tagalog and other formal dress, often decorated with fine embroidery that shows through the translucent cloth. The name comes from the Spanish word for pineapple, the plant that supplies the fibre.
How PINA is used
Refers specifically to pineapple-fibre cloth, mainly in Philippine dress; not the ordinary word for the fruit.
- The bridegroom wore a barong made of fine pina cloth.
- Her blouse was embroidered pina, almost see-through in the light.
- Weavers spent weeks extracting fibre for a single length of pina.
- The museum displayed antique pina garments from the nineteenth century.
- Pina is far more delicate to wash than ordinary cotton.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PINA
The 4 tiles of PINA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with PINA
21 longer words begin with PINA.
Words ending in PINA
2 words end in PINA. Useful as a back hook: play PINA onto a word already on the board.
Words with PINA inside
Showing 24 of 59 words that contain PINA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PINA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PINA
Common questions about PINA
- Is PINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINA worth?
- PINA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINA mean?
- A fine, lightweight cloth woven from the fibres of pineapple leaves, used especially in the Philippines for formal clothing.
- What letters can be added to PINA?
- PINA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PINA:
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