YINS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. YINS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YINS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YINS is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YINS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How YINS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YINS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does YINS mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
dialectinformal
You, used to address more than one person (a dialect plural of you).
Standard English has no separate word for a plural you, so speakers of some dialects created one. Yins works the same way as yous or yinz, letting a speaker clearly address a whole group rather than one listener.
How YINS is used
Regional and informal; heard in speech rather than written in formal English.
- Are yins coming to the match tonight?
- I told yins already to shut the gate.
- What are yins having for dinner?
- Yins should get here before it rains.
- She asked if yins wanted a lift into town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YINS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in YINS
6 words end in YINS. Useful as a back hook: play YINS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in YINS
Common questions about YINS
- Is YINS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YINS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YINS worth?
- YINS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YINS mean?
- You, used to address more than one person (a dialect plural of you).
- What letters can be added to YINS?
- YINS takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YINS:
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