WYN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WYN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WYN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WYN is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WYN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WYN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WYN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does WYN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A rune used in Old English for the sound of w.
Wyn was borrowed from the runic alphabet because Latin had no letter for that sound, and it held its place for four centuries before scribes replaced it with a doubled u. Modern editions print w instead, which is why almost nobody who reads Old English ever sees the letter itself.
How WYN is used
Countable: a wyn, two wyns. Also written wynn and wen.
- The manuscript uses a wyn where the edition prints w.
- A wyn looks enough like a thorn to be misread.
- Scribes dropped the wyn slowly and never all at once.
- The letter wyn came from runes and not from Latin.
- Two wyns in one line are easy to miss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WYN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WYN
5 longer words begin with WYN.
Words ending in WYN
1 words end in WYN. Useful as a back hook: play WYN onto a word already on the board.
Words with WYN inside
3 words contain WYN in the middle. Words that start with WYN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WYN
Common questions about WYN
- Is WYN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WYN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WYN worth?
- WYN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WYN mean?
- A rune used in Old English for the sound of w.
- What letters can be added to WYN?
- WYN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WYN:
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