WIENER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WIENER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIENER?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIENER is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIENER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wienersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIENER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WIENER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What does WIENER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A smoked sausage of beef or pork, usually served in a long bread roll; a frankfurter.
The name is German, meaning of Vienna, and it came to American English together with the sausage that Viennese butchers made. It is often called a hot dog when it is tucked in a bun, and the word is also a surname, as in the mathematician Norbert Wiener who founded cybernetics.
How WIENER is used
Chiefly North American; the full German term is Wiener Wurst.
- He ate a wiener with mustard at the ballgame.
- The wiener was boiled and then grilled to give it a crisp skin.
- She packed a wiener in a roll for the picnic.
- A wiener should snap a little when you bite into it.
- The cook split the wiener lengthwise and fried it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIENER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WIENER
The 6 tiles of WIENER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WIENER
3 longer words begin with WIENER.
Shorter words from the letters in WIENER
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Common questions about WIENER
- Is WIENER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIENER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIENER worth?
- WIENER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIENER mean?
- A smoked sausage of beef or pork, usually served in a long bread roll; a frankfurter.
- What letters can be added to WIENER?
- WIENER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WIENER:
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