WINK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WINK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WINK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WINK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does WINK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To close and open one eye quickly.
Wink once meant closing both eyes, which is why forty winks is about sleeping rather than signalling to anybody. The narrowing to one eye happened in the sixteenth century.
How WINK is used
Winked, winking. Also a noun.
- He winked and made the whole thing worse.
- The word wink once meant closing both eyes.
- Forty winks is about sleep and keeps the older sense.
- A wink from across a room is deniable.
- Winking at a rule means ignoring it deliberately.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WINK
13 longer words begin with WINK.
Words ending in WINK
13 words end in WINK. Useful as a back hook: play WINK onto a word already on the board.
Words with WINK inside
Showing 24 of 54 words that contain WINK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WINK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WINK
Common questions about WINK
- Is WINK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINK worth?
- WINK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINK mean?
- To close and open one eye quickly.
- What letters can be added to WINK?
- WINK takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WINK:
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