RESIN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RESIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESIN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESIN is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RESIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RESIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,841.
What stands out about RESIN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 RESIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sticky, often yellowish substance produced by certain plants and trees, or a similar synthetic material used in industry.
Natural resin oozes from the bark of trees such as pine and hardens on contact with air, and people have long collected it for varnish, incense, and adhesives. Amber, prized in jewellery, is fossilised resin that has hardened over millions of years. In modern industry, the word also covers synthetic resins, manufactured chemical compounds used to make plastics, paints, and coatings. Because the natural and synthetic kinds share a similar sticky, moulded quality, the same word covers both.
How RESIN is used
Common in everyday speech about trees and amber, and in technical or industrial writing about plastics and coatings.
- Golden resin dripped slowly down the trunk of the pine tree.
- The violin bow was coated with rosin, a hardened form of resin.
- The insect was preserved perfectly inside a piece of fossil resin.
- The factory uses synthetic resin to manufacture strong plastic parts.
- Craftsmen mixed the resin with pigment to make a hard, glossy coating.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESIN
The 5 tiles of RESIN in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with RESIN
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with RESIN.
Words ending in RESIN
3 words end in RESIN. Useful as a back hook: play RESIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with RESIN inside
5 words contain RESIN in the middle. Words that start with RESIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RESIN
Common questions about RESIN
- Is RESIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESIN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESIN worth?
- RESIN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESIN mean?
- A sticky, often yellowish substance produced by certain plants and trees, or a similar synthetic material used in industry.
- What letters can be added to RESIN?
- RESIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RESIN:
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