WHIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WHIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHIN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIN is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHIN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WHIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does WHIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Gorse; also, a hard dark igneous rock.
Whin names gorse in the north and a hard igneous rock in quarrying, and the two are entirely unrelated. Whinstone is used for road metal because it wears very slowly.
How WHIN is used
Uncountable. Two unrelated senses.
- A hillside of whin in flower is yellow for a month.
- The word whin names a plant and a rock.
- The rock called whin wears slowly and makes good road metal.
- Two senses of whin with nothing in common.
- Whin in the north is what the south calls gorse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHIN
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with WHIN.
Words with WHIN inside
2 words contain WHIN in the middle. Words that start with WHIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIN
Common questions about WHIN
- Is WHIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHIN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHIN worth?
- WHIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIN mean?
- Gorse; also, a hard dark igneous rock.
- What letters can be added to WHIN?
- WHIN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WHIN:
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