TWINK is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 12 points
Yes for Scrabble. TWINK is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept TWINK?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWINK is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWINK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWINK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TWINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does TWINK mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicdialect
A twinkle or brief flash of light, or a rapid wink of the eye.
Twink is an old, chiefly dialectal noun built from the same root as twinkle, naming a single quick flash or blink rather than a sustained glimmer. It survives mostly in phrases like in a twink, meaning in an instant, and in regional speech rather than in standard current usage.
How TWINK is used
Archaic and dialectal; met mostly in the fixed phrase in a twink, meaning in an instant.
- He was gone in a twink before anyone could answer.
- A twink of light showed briefly on the far hill.
- The old phrase in a twink still turns up in dialect speech.
- She caught a twink of the lamp through the fog.
- The story says the ghost vanished in a twink.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWINK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TWINK
16 longer words begin with TWINK.
Shorter words from the letters in TWINK
Common questions about TWINK
- Is TWINK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TWINK is not in it.
- How many points is TWINK worth?
- TWINK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWINK mean?
- A twinkle or brief flash of light, or a rapid wink of the eye.
- What letters can be added to TWINK?
- TWINK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TWINK:
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