PLAINSMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PLAINSMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLAINSMAN?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLAINSMAN is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLAINSMAN
No single letter turns PLAINSMAN into another word.
How PLAINSMAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PLAINSMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLAINSMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLAINSMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A man who lives on a plain, especially on the Great Plains of North America.
The plainsman of frontier stories was a rider, hunter or settler used to wide, open land. The word is mostly historical now and sits in books about the American West. A plainsman often knew how to find water and track game across empty country.
How PLAINSMAN is used
Used mainly in history and Western stories about the Great Plains.
- The old plainsman could read the weather in the sky.
- A lone plainsman rode across the grass at dusk.
- He wrote a biography of a famous plainsman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLAINSMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLAINSMAN
The 9 tiles of PLAINSMAN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PLAINSMAN
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Common questions about PLAINSMAN
- Is PLAINSMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLAINSMAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLAINSMAN worth?
- PLAINSMAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLAINSMAN mean?
- A man who lives on a plain, especially on the Great Plains of North America.
- What letters can be added to PLAINSMAN?
- No single letter can be added to PLAINSMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PLAINSMAN:
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