VINO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. VINO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VINO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VINO is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VINO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vinosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VINO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VINO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does VINO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Wine, in casual speech.
Vino is Italian and Spanish borrowed straight into English slang, and it is never neutral: asking for vino signals a holiday, a joke or a large glass. It carries no information whatever about what is in the bottle, and that is a good part of the point.
How VINO is used
Uncountable: a drop of vino. Informal and slightly jocular.
- They opened the vino before anybody had eaten anything.
- A glass of vino on a terrace is not the same drink at home.
- He calls everything vino, which annoys the wine merchant.
- The word vino says more about the evening than the bottle.
- Two boxes of vino turned up and nobody admitted to buying them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VINO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VINO
10 longer words begin with VINO.
Words ending in VINO
1 words end in VINO. Useful as a back hook: play VINO onto a word already on the board.
Words with VINO inside
4 words contain VINO in the middle. Words that start with VINO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VINO
Common questions about VINO
- Is VINO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VINO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VINO worth?
- VINO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VINO mean?
- Wine, in casual speech.
- What letters can be added to VINO?
- VINO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VINO:
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