RHYNE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. RHYNE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RHYNE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHYNE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHYNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rhynesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RHYNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RHYNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about RHYNE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 RHYNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishdialect
A wide drainage ditch that carries water off low, marshy ground.
In the Somerset Levels of south-west England a rhyne is a managed channel, not a natural stream, dug to keep grazing land from flooding. Sluices control the water level in each rhyne, and cattle are kept off the banks so they do not fall in.
How RHYNE is used
Regional; met chiefly in writing about Somerset and other reclaimed wetland areas.
- Cattle grazed the field bordered by a wide rhyne.
- The sluice gate controlled the depth of the rhyne.
- A heron stood motionless at the edge of the rhyne.
- Farmers cleared reeds from the rhyne every spring.
- The old map marked every rhyne cutting across the levels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHYNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RHYNE
The 5 tiles of RHYNE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RHYNE
1 longer words begin with RHYNE.
Shorter words from the letters in RHYNE
Common questions about RHYNE
- Is RHYNE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RHYNE is not in it.
- How many points is RHYNE worth?
- RHYNE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHYNE mean?
- A wide drainage ditch that carries water off low, marshy ground.
- What letters can be added to RHYNE?
- RHYNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RHYNE:
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