ZIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ZIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZIN?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZIN is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ZIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does ZIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Zinfandel wine, especially the big, jammy red style made in California.
Zin was thought to be American until work in the 1990s tied it to an old Croatian variety, by way of southern Italy where the same plant is called primitivo. The clipping belongs to California wine talk, and it usually signals the big jammy style rather than the fruit itself.
How ZIN is used
Uncountable: a glass of zin. Informal and chiefly American.
- A glass of zin is never the first drink of the evening.
- The zin from that hillside is older than the winery.
- Zin turned out not to be American after all.
- He buys zin by the case and drinks it by the year.
- A young zin tastes of jam and a old one does not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZIN
Showing 24 of 98 words that begin with ZIN.
Words ending in ZIN
Showing 24 of 32 words that end in ZIN. Useful as a back hook: play ZIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZIN inside
Showing 24 of 1472 words that contain ZIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZIN
Common questions about ZIN
- Is ZIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZIN worth?
- ZIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZIN mean?
- Zinfandel wine, especially the big, jammy red style made in California.
- What letters can be added to ZIN?
- ZIN takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ZIN:
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