WHINSTONE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WHINSTONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHINSTONE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHINSTONE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHINSTONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whinstonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHINSTONE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in WHINSTONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHINSTONE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WHINSTONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
Any hard, dark, fine-grained rock such as basalt, especially one that is difficult to cut.
Quarrymen and miners in Britain used whinstone as a loose name for tough volcanic rock. It was valued for road metal because it resists wear.
How WHINSTONE is used
A regional, mostly older term in British geology and mining for hard dark rock.
- The wall was built from rough blocks of whinstone.
- Miners struck a band of whinstone and had to change tools.
- Roads in the district were once surfaced with crushed whinstone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHINSTONE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WHINSTONE
The 9 tiles of WHINSTONE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WHINSTONE
1 longer words begin with WHINSTONE.
Shorter words from the letters in WHINSTONE
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Common questions about WHINSTONE
- Is WHINSTONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHINSTONE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHINSTONE worth?
- WHINSTONE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHINSTONE mean?
- Any hard, dark, fine-grained rock such as basalt, especially one that is difficult to cut.
- What letters can be added to WHINSTONE?
- WHINSTONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of WHINSTONE:
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