TEIN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TEIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEIN?
| 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 TEIN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEIN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TEIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,009.
What stands out about TEIN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 TEIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A unit of money in Kazakhstan, equal to one hundredth of a tenge.
Tein functions in the currency of Kazakhstan much as a cent functions within a dollar, as the small fractional unit beneath the main currency, the tenge. The word appears mainly in banking, currency and reference contexts rather than in everyday English conversation.
How TEIN is used
Encountered chiefly in currency tables and financial reference material.
- The price on the receipt was listed down to the last tein.
- One tenge is divided into one hundred tein.
- Coins worth a few tein are rarely used in daily transactions now.
- The exchange table showed the tenge and the tein side by side.
- Older price lists still marked small amounts in tein.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEIN
The 4 tiles of TEIN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TEIN
7 longer words begin with TEIN.
Words ending in TEIN
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in TEIN. Useful as a back hook: play TEIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TEIN inside
Showing 24 of 74 words that contain TEIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TEIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TEIN
Common questions about TEIN
- Is TEIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEIN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEIN worth?
- TEIN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEIN mean?
- A unit of money in Kazakhstan, equal to one hundredth of a tenge.
- What letters can be added to TEIN?
- TEIN takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TEIN:
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