SALINE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SALINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALINE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALINE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
salinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SALINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What stands out about SALINE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 SALINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Containing salt, or consisting of a solution of salt in water.
Saline describes anything that contains dissolved salt, from a naturally salty spring to the seawater lapping a shoreline. In medicine, saline narrows to a specific solution of sodium chloride in water used to rinse wounds, flush a nasal passage, or replace fluids intravenously. Geologists also use saline as a noun for a natural spring or deposit where salt water rises to the surface, a sense closer to the adjective's root meaning. The word contrasts directly with fresh, describing water unsuitable for drinking or irrigation because of its salt content.
How SALINE is used
Common in both everyday description of salty water and specific medical use for a salt solution.
- The nurse flushed the wound with a sterile saline solution.
- Saline groundwater made the well unsuitable for crops.
- A saline spring bubbled up near the old mining town.
- Contact lens wearers keep a bottle of saline by the sink.
- The lake grew increasingly saline as the drought continued.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SALINE
The 6 tiles of SALINE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SALINE
1 longer words begin with SALINE.
Shorter words from the letters in SALINE
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Common questions about SALINE
- Is SALINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALINE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALINE worth?
- SALINE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALINE mean?
- Containing salt, or consisting of a solution of salt in water.
- What letters can be added to SALINE?
- SALINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SALINE:
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