SPAIN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. SPAIN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SPAIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPAIN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPAIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPAIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about SPAIN
- The same 5 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 SPAIN mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To wean a young animal away from milk, in Scots dialect usage, also spelled spane or spean.
Farmers in Scotland used spain to describe the moment a lamb or calf stopped feeding on milk and began eating solid fodder instead. The word is unrelated to the country name Spain, which happens to share the same spelling but comes from an entirely different source.
How SPAIN is used
Found mainly in older Scots farming vocabulary.
- The shepherd decided to spain the lambs a week early.
- Farmers spain calves once they take to solid feed.
- It is too soon to spain that foal from its mother.
- They spain the piglets in stages rather than all at once.
- The old manual explained when to spain young stock safely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPAIN
The 5 tiles of SPAIN in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SPAIN
5 longer words begin with SPAIN.
Words with SPAIN inside
4 words contain SPAIN in the middle. Words that start with SPAIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPAIN
Showing 40 of 51. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SPAIN
- Is SPAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SPAIN is not in it.
- How many points is SPAIN worth?
- SPAIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPAIN mean?
- To wean a young animal away from milk, in Scots dialect usage, also spelled spane or spean.
- What letters can be added to SPAIN?
- SPAIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPAIN:
Open SPAIN in the Word Finder