SLAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SLAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLAIN?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLAIN is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLAIN
No single letter turns SLAIN into another word.
How SLAIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SLAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about SLAIN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SLAIN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Killed, especially by violence such as warfare, murder or a fatal blow, and used chiefly of people rather than of ordinary accidental deaths.
Slain began as the past participle of the old verb slay, but it now survives mainly as an adjective and a noun-like collective, as in honoring the slain or counting the slain of a battle. News reports and memorials favor slain over simply killed when they want a graver, more formal tone, particularly for soldiers, officers or victims of violent crime. Because the underlying verb slay itself sounds archaic or literary in modern English, slain has effectively become the more common word of the two in everyday use.
How SLAIN is used
Common in news reporting, memorials and literary writing about violent death, more formal than the plain word killed.
- The memorial listed the names of the slain soldiers.
- A wreath was laid for the officer slain in the line of duty.
- The ballad mourns a knight slain in single combat.
- Investigators identified the slain man within hours.
- The city held a vigil for the slain teenager.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLAIN
The 5 tiles of SLAIN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SLAIN
1 longer words begin with SLAIN.
Words ending in SLAIN
3 words end in SLAIN. Useful as a back hook: play SLAIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SLAIN inside
1 words contain SLAIN in the middle. Words that start with SLAIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SLAIN
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Common questions about SLAIN
- Is SLAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLAIN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLAIN worth?
- SLAIN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLAIN mean?
- Killed, especially by violence such as warfare, murder or a fatal blow, and used chiefly of people rather than of ordinary accidental deaths.
- What letters can be added to SLAIN?
- No single letter can be added to SLAIN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SLAIN:
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