/dɪn/
nounverb

Is DIN a Scrabble word?

Yes. DIN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning To make a din, to resound.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

    “din and bustle”

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To make a din, to resound.

  2. (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.

  3. To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.

  4. To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone).

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: din via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”).

Similar and opposite words

Similar
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Opposite
lullmurmurpeacesilence

DIN at a glance

DIN has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + N 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,467 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -DIN

More endings

Same last three letters as DIN. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • PALADIN10
  • PROSTAGLANDIN17
  • BOUDIN9
  • MUJAHEDIN22
  • ELDIN6
  • MUJAHIDIN22
  • MUJAHEDDIN24
  • GLIADIN9
  • AVIDIN10
  • VERDIN10
  • BILIVERDIN16
  • PHALLOIDIN16

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