VIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. VIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does VIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Wine, chiefly as it appears on French labels and menus.
Vin reached English through the wine trade and stayed inside the phrases it arrived in: vin rouge, vin blanc, vin ordinaire, vin de pays. Each names a class rather than pays a compliment — vin ordinaire in particular is the cheap house bottle, and an English speaker who reaches for it about somebody's cooking is being rude on purpose.
How VIN is used
Almost always followed by the qualifying word: vin rouge, vin de table. On its own it is rare in English.
- They ordered a carafe of vin rouge and left it half full.
- The label said vin de pays and gave no other clue.
- He called the house red a vin ordinaire and the owner heard him.
- A jug of vin blanc came with the bread.
- The menu listed vin rouge, vin blanc and nothing in between.
- She learned the word vin before she learned a single verb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIN and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIN
Showing 24 of 145 words that begin with VIN.
Words ending in VIN
23 words end in VIN. Useful as a back hook: play VIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIN inside
Showing 24 of 672 words that contain VIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIN
Common questions about VIN
- Is VIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIN worth?
- VIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIN mean?
- Wine, chiefly as it appears on French labels and menus.
- What letters can be added to VIN?
- VIN takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VIN:
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