ZINE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ZINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZINE?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZINE is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZINE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does ZINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small self-published magazine.
Zine is clipped from magazine and named the photocopied science-fiction publications of the 1930s before anything else. The punk zines of the 1970s are what most people now mean by the word.
How ZINE is used
Countable: a zine, two zines.
- A zine is printed in dozens and never in thousands.
- The word zine is clipped from magazine.
- Science-fiction zines came first and punk zines came later.
- Two zines from the same photocopier in the same week.
- A zine has no advertising and no editor above the writer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZINE
The 4 tiles of ZINE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ZINE
3 longer words begin with ZINE.
Words ending in ZINE
Showing 24 of 43 words that end in ZINE. Useful as a back hook: play ZINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZINE inside
Showing 24 of 109 words that contain ZINE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZINE
Common questions about ZINE
- Is ZINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZINE worth?
- ZINE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZINE mean?
- A small self-published magazine.
- What letters can be added to ZINE?
- ZINE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZINE:
Open ZINE in the Word Finder