TINE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TINE 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 TINE?
| 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 TINE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TINE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,009.
What stands out about TINE
- 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 TINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A prong of a fork, an antler or a comb.
Tine is the word for the pointed part when the thing has several of them, and the number matters: a stag is aged by counting them on its antlers, and a garden fork with one bent is worth less than half its price. The word is old English and has changed very little on the way here.
How TINE is used
Countable: a tine, two tines. Used of forks, antlers, combs and harrows.
- The middle tine snapped on a stone.
- A stag is aged by the tine count on each side.
- He straightened the bent tine with a hammer.
- The comb lost a tine and pulled ever after.
- Four tines is standard for a garden fork.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TINE
The 4 tiles of TINE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TINE
7 longer words begin with TINE.
Words ending in TINE
Showing 24 of 116 words that end in TINE. Useful as a back hook: play TINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TINE inside
Showing 24 of 464 words that contain TINE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TINE
Common questions about TINE
- Is TINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TINE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TINE worth?
- TINE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TINE mean?
- A prong of a fork, an antler or a comb.
- What letters can be added to TINE?
- TINE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TINE:
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