SAINFOIN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SAINFOIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAINFOIN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAINFOIN is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAINFOIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sainfoinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAINFOIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAINFOIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAINFOIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAINFOIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A pink-flowered plant of the pea family grown as fodder for livestock.
Sainfoin once covered the chalk downs of southern England as a hay crop. Its spikes of pink flowers also attract bees, which is why conservationists value it again.
How SAINFOIN is used
Sainfoin is named in farming history and wildflower guides.
- The meadow was pink with flowering sainfoin.
- Farmers sowed sainfoin to feed their sheep.
- Bees crowded around the sainfoin on the hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAINFOIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAINFOIN
The 8 tiles of SAINFOIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAINFOIN
1 longer words begin with SAINFOIN.
Shorter words from the letters in SAINFOIN
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Common questions about SAINFOIN
- Is SAINFOIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAINFOIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAINFOIN worth?
- SAINFOIN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAINFOIN mean?
- A pink-flowered plant of the pea family grown as fodder for livestock.
- What letters can be added to SAINFOIN?
- SAINFOIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAINFOIN:
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