VIMEN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VIMEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIMEN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIMEN is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIMEN
No single letter turns VIMEN into another word.
How VIMEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIMEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does VIMEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyrare
A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch of a plant, especially a willow, of the kind used in basketry.
A vimen is a young, whip-like branch that bends readily without snapping, the sort of growth prized in willows and similar shrubs for weaving into baskets, fences and other woven work. Botanists use the term to describe this particular growth habit, distinct from a stiff woody branch, and the related adjective vimineous describes a plant that produces many such slender shoots. The word comes directly from Latin vimen, meaning a pliant twig or osier, the same root that gives English the word withe for a flexible branch used in binding. Vimen remains a specialised botanical term, rarely used outside descriptions of plant growth and traditional basket-making materials.
How VIMEN is used
Technical botanical term, used mainly in descriptions of plant growth and traditional basketry materials rather than in everyday speech.
- The willow produced long, supple vimen ideal for weaving.
- Basket makers selected the straightest vimen from the coppiced willow.
- Each vimen bent easily around the frame without cracking.
- The botanist described the shrub's dense growth of slender vimen.
- Traditional fences were woven from freshly cut vimen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIMEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIMEN
Common questions about VIMEN
- Is VIMEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIMEN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIMEN worth?
- VIMEN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIMEN mean?
- A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch of a plant, especially a willow, of the kind used in basketry.
- What letters can be added to VIMEN?
- No single letter can be added to VIMEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIMEN:
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