WHEREIN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHEREIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHEREIN?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHEREIN is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHEREIN
No single letter turns WHEREIN into another word.
How WHEREIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WHEREIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 187,144.
What does WHEREIN mean in Scrabble?
adverb
formal
In which place, thing or respect.
Wherein appears in legal and scholarly prose to point back to a thing just mentioned. A plainer rewrite would use in which, but wherein sounds more formal and compact.
How WHEREIN is used
Wherein is a formal word that links a clause to a place, book or situation.
- He wrote a letter wherein he explained his decision.
- This is the house wherein she was born.
- Wherein lies the difference between the two plans?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHEREIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHEREIN
2 longer words begin with WHEREIN.
Shorter words from the letters in WHEREIN
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Common questions about WHEREIN
- Is WHEREIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHEREIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHEREIN worth?
- WHEREIN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHEREIN mean?
- In which place, thing or respect.
- What letters can be added to WHEREIN?
- No single letter can be added to WHEREIN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WHEREIN:
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