Is GIN a Scrabble word?
Yes. GIN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
Noun 4 meanings
A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
Gin rummy.
Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
“Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.”
A snare or trap for game.
Verb 2 meanings
To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
To trap something in a gin.
Conjunction 1 meaning
If.
Etymology
Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).
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GIN at a glance
GIN has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (G 2 + I 1 + N 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #11,372 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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