TIN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 499.
What does TIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A silvery metal used in alloys and containers.
Tin is one of the seven metals known to antiquity and the one that turns copper into bronze, which is why the bronze age needed long-distance trade. The British tin for a can is loose: the container is steel with a thin coating.
How TIN is used
Uncountable for the metal; countable for a container.
- A tin of beans and nothing to open it with.
- The word tin gave the bronze age its trade routes.
- Tin turns copper into bronze and nothing else does.
- Two tins of paint and neither of them stirred.
- A tin can is steel with a tin coating.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIN
The 3 tiles of TIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TIN
Showing 24 of 187 words that begin with TIN.
Words ending in TIN
Showing 24 of 132 words that end in TIN. Useful as a back hook: play TIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIN inside
Showing 24 of 6087 words that contain TIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIN
Common questions about TIN
- Is TIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIN, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIN worth?
- TIN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIN mean?
- A silvery metal used in alloys and containers.
- What letters can be added to TIN?
- TIN takes 8 hooks: 0 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TIN:
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