PINION is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PINION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PINION?
| 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 PINION is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINION
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PINION scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PINION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does PINION mean in Scrabble?
verb
To restrain a person by binding or holding their arms, or to clip a bird's wing feathers to prevent flight.
Pinion draws its meaning from the wing itself: to pinion a bird once meant literally cutting off part of the wing joint so it could never fly again, and the same idea of disabling a wing was later applied to holding a person's arms fast against their body. Older novels use it often in scenes of capture, where a captive is pinioned before being led away. Zoos still pinion certain birds to keep them from leaving open enclosures.
How PINION is used
Chiefly literary or historical when applied to people; still current in aviculture for birds.
- Guards pinioned his arms before he could reach for the door.
- The zoo pinions a few birds each season to prevent escape.
- She struggled, pinioned tight against the chair.
- Old prints show captives pinioned and marched through the square.
- The falconer's glove made it easy to pinion the bird gently.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PINION
3 longer words begin with PINION.
Shorter words from the letters in PINION
Common questions about PINION
- Is PINION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINION, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINION worth?
- PINION is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINION mean?
- To restrain a person by binding or holding their arms, or to clip a bird's wing feathers to prevent flight.
- What letters can be added to PINION?
- PINION takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PINION:
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