TINK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. TINK 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TINK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TINK is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TINK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TINK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does TINK mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To make a sharp, quick ringing sound, similar to a small bell.
Tink imitates the light metallic noise something makes when it is tapped or struck, the way a bell tinks rather than booms. The word also works as a short form of tinker, someone who mends pots and pans, because a tinker's tools once made just that kind of tink as they worked.
How TINK is used
Mostly literary or dialectal; modern speech usually says tinkle instead.
- The spoon tinked against the glass.
- A bell would tink softly whenever the door opened.
- Coins tinked into the metal cup.
- The old clock still tinks on the hour.
- Rain tinked against the tin roof all night.
- She heard the keys tink in his pocket.
- The wind chime tinked in the evening breeze.
- His hammer tinked lightly against the nail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TINK and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see TINK
- Tink is an old form linked to the more familiar word tinkle.
- The same word was once used as a short form of tinker, the trade of mending metal pots.
Anagrams of TINK
The 4 tiles of TINK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TINK
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with TINK.
Words ending in TINK
2 words end in TINK. Useful as a back hook: play TINK onto a word already on the board.
Words with TINK inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain TINK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TINK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TINK
Common questions about TINK
- Is TINK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TINK is not in it.
- How many points is TINK worth?
- TINK is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TINK mean?
- To make a sharp, quick ringing sound, similar to a small bell.
- What letters can be added to TINK?
- TINK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TINK:
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