Is FIN a Scrabble word?
Yes. FIN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
Noun 4 meanings
One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
“The fish's fins minimize water flow.”
A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
“a dolphin's fin”
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
“The fin stabilises the plane in flight.”
A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
Verb 4 meanings
To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
(Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
To swim in the manner of a fish.
“A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.”
To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
Etymology
From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).
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FIN at a glance
FIN has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #11,037 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -FIN
More endings- GRIFFIN14
- COFFIN14
- MUFFIN14
- PARAFFIN16
- PUFFIN14
- TIFFIN12
- BLUEFIN12
- RUFFIN12
- ELFIN8
- YELLOWFIN18
- OLEFIN9
- REDFIN10
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