TINA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. TINA 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TINA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TINA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TINA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tinasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TINA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,345.
What stands out about TINA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 TINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
An informal slang name for crystal methamphetamine, used mainly among people in club and party settings.
Tina is a coded, personified nickname for the drug crystal methamphetamine, used in speech to refer to it discreetly without naming the drug outright, in the way other drugs also carry invented personal names as slang. The word appears in discussions of drug culture and harm reduction rather than in general conversation.
How TINA is used
Slang, drug culture; not used in formal or medical writing, where crystal methamphetamine is named directly.
- Outreach workers warned that tina was being cut with other chemicals.
- He admitted the party had turned into a night of tina.
- The support group discussed why tina felt harder to give up than other drugs.
- Slang like tina lets users talk about the drug without naming it.
- The article explained how tina had spread through certain club scenes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TINA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TINA
The 4 tiles of TINA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with TINA
5 longer words begin with TINA.
Words ending in TINA
19 words end in TINA. Useful as a back hook: play TINA onto a word already on the board.
Words with TINA inside
Showing 24 of 207 words that contain TINA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TINA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TINA
Common questions about TINA
- Is TINA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TINA is not in it.
- How many points is TINA worth?
- TINA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TINA mean?
- An informal slang name for crystal methamphetamine, used mainly among people in club and party settings.
- What letters can be added to TINA?
- TINA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TINA:
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