TWAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TWAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TWAIN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWAIN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWAIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWAIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TWAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,909.
What does TWAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
An old word for two, or for a pair of things regarded together as one unit.
Twain survives mainly in the phrase in twain, meaning split into two separate pieces, as when a rope or a heart is described as being torn in twain. Poets and older translations of scripture favored twain over two because it fit the rhythm of a line more gracefully.
How TWAIN is used
Rarely used today except in deliberately old-fashioned, poetic, or biblical-sounding phrasing.
- The old curtain was cut in twain by a single stroke of the shears.
- Never the twain shall meet, the saying goes.
- A bolt of lightning split the ancient oak in twain.
- The poem speaks of two hearts made twain by distance.
- He tore the letter in twain rather than send it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TWAIN
The 5 tiles of TWAIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TWAIN
1 longer words begin with TWAIN.
Words ending in TWAIN
1 words end in TWAIN. Useful as a back hook: play TWAIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TWAIN inside
1 words contain TWAIN in the middle. Words that start with TWAIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TWAIN
Common questions about TWAIN
- Is TWAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWAIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWAIN worth?
- TWAIN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWAIN mean?
- An old word for two, or for a pair of things regarded together as one unit.
- What letters can be added to TWAIN?
- TWAIN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TWAIN:
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