ZINCO is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ZINCO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZINCO?
| 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 ZINCO is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZINCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zincosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZINCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZINCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does ZINCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
printinghistorical
A printing plate etched from zinc, produced by the process of zincography and used to reproduce line drawings or photographs.
A zinco was made by transferring an image onto a zinc plate and then etching away the unwanted metal so that the raised lines could carry ink like a woodcut. The term also named the print pulled from such a plate, so a single word covered both the tool and its result. Making a zinco was cheaper and faster than engraving on copper or steel, which made it popular for newspapers and books in the nineteenth century.
How ZINCO is used
A trade term from the printing industry, now mostly encountered in the history of illustration and publishing.
- The illustrator sent the drawing away to be turned into a zinco.
- Early newspapers relied on the zinco to print cartoons cheaply.
- A worn zinco produced faint, broken lines on the page.
- The printer showed us how a zinco was etched and inked.
- Collectors sometimes find the original zinco used for an old book plate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZINCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZINCO
15 longer words begin with ZINCO.
Words with ZINCO inside
1 words contain ZINCO in the middle. Words that start with ZINCO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZINCO
Common questions about ZINCO
- Is ZINCO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZINCO, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZINCO worth?
- ZINCO is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZINCO mean?
- A printing plate etched from zinc, produced by the process of zincography and used to reproduce line drawings or photographs.
- What letters can be added to ZINCO?
- ZINCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZINCO:
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