VAHINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. VAHINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VAHINE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VAHINE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VAHINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vahinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VAHINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VAHINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does VAHINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Polynesian woman, especially a Tahitian one.
Vahine is borrowed directly from the island language of Tahiti, where it also covers the sense of a wife. English writers meet it in travel books, in South Seas fiction and on menus and signs meant to sound exotic. Related Polynesian languages have a similar word, which is why the spelling with a w also appears in some sources.
How VAHINE is used
A borrowing used in travel writing and fiction about Tahiti and the South Pacific.
- The sailor came ashore with a vahine on each arm in the old story.
- A vahine in a flowered dress sold fruit at the harbour.
- The novel describes a vahine who teaches the visitor her language.
- Each vahine wore a crown of white blossoms for the festival.
- He wrote the word vahine in his diary on the first day on the island.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VAHINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VAHINE
1 longer words begin with VAHINE.
Shorter words from the letters in VAHINE
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Common questions about VAHINE
- Is VAHINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VAHINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VAHINE worth?
- VAHINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VAHINE mean?
- A Polynesian woman, especially a Tahitian one.
- What letters can be added to VAHINE?
- VAHINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VAHINE:
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