SEINE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SEINE 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 SEINE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEINE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEINE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SEINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,281.
What does SEINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, held up by floats along the top edge and weighted along the bottom, drawn around a shoal of fish and then pulled in to trap the catch.
Fishing crews set a seine out from a boat in a wide arc, then draw the ends together and haul the net toward the shore or onto the vessel so the enclosed fish cannot escape underneath or around the sides. Purse seines close along the bottom like a drawstring bag, while beach seines are hauled directly onto the sand by people standing on shore. The technique works best on fish that swim in dense shoals near the surface, such as herring, sardines and salmon. Fishers also use seine as a verb, saying that a crew seines for a particular species.
How SEINE is used
Common in fishing and marine industry contexts, describing both the net and the method of fishing with it.
- The crew hauled in the seine heavy with sardines.
- They set the seine in a wide circle around the shoal.
- A torn seine let half the catch swim free.
- Fishermen still seine for salmon along that stretch of coast.
- The museum displayed an old cotton seine used a century ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEINE
4 longer words begin with SEINE.
Shorter words from the letters in SEINE
Common questions about SEINE
- Is SEINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEINE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEINE worth?
- SEINE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEINE mean?
- A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, held up by floats along the top edge and weighted along the bottom, drawn around a shoal of fish and then pulled in to trap the catch.
- What letters can be added to SEINE?
- SEINE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SEINE:
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