RIND is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RIND 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 RIND?
| 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 RIND is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIND scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RIND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does RIND mean in Scrabble?
noun
The tough outer skin or covering of certain fruits, cheeses, or cured meats.
A rind protects the softer material inside, so cooks usually cut the rind from oranges, lemons and melons before eating the flesh. A wedge of cheese or a piece of bacon keeps its own tougher rind until it is trimmed away.
How RIND is used
Used mainly of food; the rind of a tree or a whale's skin is an older, wider sense.
- She grated the rind of a lemon into the batter.
- The rind of the cheese was too hard to eat.
- He peeled the thick rind off the melon before slicing it.
- Bacon rind can be fried until crisp.
- The orange rind gave the cake a bright citrus smell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RIND
9 longer words begin with RIND.
Words ending in RIND
4 words end in RIND. Useful as a back hook: play RIND onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIND inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain RIND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIND
Common questions about RIND
- Is RIND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIND, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIND worth?
- RIND is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIND mean?
- The tough outer skin or covering of certain fruits, cheeses, or cured meats.
- What letters can be added to RIND?
- RIND takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RIND:
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