SWAINISH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SWAINISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWAINISH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWAINISH is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWAINISH
No single letter turns SWAINISH into another word.
How SWAINISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SWAINISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SWAINISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SWAINISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicrare
Having the rough, unrefined manner of a country labourer; boorish or rustic.
Swainish is built on swain, the old word for a country youth or admirer, and it carries the same pastoral flavour. Writers used it mildly and a little mockingly about someone whose manners belong to the fields rather than the drawing room.
How SWAINISH is used
Found almost only in older literature or in deliberately old-fashioned prose.
- His swainish manners made the city guests smile behind their hands.
- The poem sketches a swainish suitor bringing a lamb as a gift.
- She found the swainish humour of the village fair rather coarse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWAINISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SWAINISH
2 longer words begin with SWAINISH.
Shorter words from the letters in SWAINISH
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Common questions about SWAINISH
- Is SWAINISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWAINISH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWAINISH worth?
- SWAINISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWAINISH mean?
- Having the rough, unrefined manner of a country labourer; boorish or rustic.
- What letters can be added to SWAINISH?
- No single letter can be added to SWAINISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SWAINISH:
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