TINCT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TINCT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TINCT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TINCT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TINCT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tinctsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TINCT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TINCT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,474.
What stands out about TINCT
- TINCT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TINCT mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterarypoetic
A slight coloring or tinge, especially a faint hint of a particular hue imparted to something.
Poets and older writers reached for tinct when an ordinary word like tint or color felt too plain for a delicate, barely-there shading, as in a tinct of gold along the horizon at dawn. The word comes from the same Latin root as tincture and tint, all of which describe dyeing or coloring something rather lightly rather than saturating it completely. Modern English has mostly dropped tinct in favor of tinge or tint, so the word now signals deliberately old-fashioned or poetic language rather than everyday description.
How TINCT is used
Chiefly literary and archaic; found in older poetry and deliberately old-fashioned prose rather than ordinary modern writing.
- The sky held a faint tinct of rose before sunrise.
- The old poem described a tinct of gold on the autumn leaves.
- A pale tinct of green still lingered on the winter grass.
- The painter added the barest tinct of blue to the shadow.
- Her cheeks carried a soft tinct of pink after the walk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TINCT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TINCT
9 longer words begin with TINCT.
Words ending in TINCT
5 words end in TINCT. Useful as a back hook: play TINCT onto a word already on the board.
Words with TINCT inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain TINCT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TINCT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TINCT
Common questions about TINCT
- Is TINCT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TINCT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TINCT worth?
- TINCT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TINCT mean?
- A slight coloring or tinge, especially a faint hint of a particular hue imparted to something.
- What letters can be added to TINCT?
- TINCT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TINCT:
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