WAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAIN?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAIN is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAIN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What does WAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A large open farm cart or wagon used for carrying loads.
An old name for part of the Big Dipper constellation, called the wain, borrows this same farm vocabulary. Romantic era poets such as John Clare used wain often to evoke rural life before mechanized transport.
How WAIN is used
Now mostly found in older literature and place names rather than daily speech.
- The farmer loaded hay onto the wain before sunset.
- A creaking wain rolled slowly down the lane.
- Villagers waved as the wain passed through the square.
- Two oxen pulled the heavy wain across the field.
- The old wains have long since been replaced by trucks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAIN
15 longer words begin with WAIN.
Words ending in WAIN
7 words end in WAIN. Useful as a back hook: play WAIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAIN inside
21 words contain WAIN in the middle. Words that start with WAIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAIN
Common questions about WAIN
- Is WAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAIN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAIN worth?
- WAIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAIN mean?
- A large open farm cart or wagon used for carrying loads.
- What letters can be added to WAIN?
- WAIN takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WAIN:
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