Is KIN a Scrabble word?
Yes. KIN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Race; family; breed; kind.
Noun 4 meanings
Race; family; breed; kind.
“the starfish and its kin the sea urchin”
Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
“c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You are of kin, and so must be a friend to their persons.”
One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
Adjective 1 meaning
Related by blood or marriage, akin. (It is more common to form sentences using the noun instead.)
“It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.”
Etymology
From Middle English kyn, from Old English cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, generation, descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁yom, from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).
KIN at a glance
KIN has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (K 5 + I 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #11,900 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -KIN
More endings- SKIN8
- PUMPKIN17
- AKIN8
- TAKIN9
- NAPKIN12
- MALKIN12
- FORESKIN15
- INTERLEUKIN15
- MUNCHKIN19
- PARKIN12
- PICKIN14
- SHEEPSKIN18
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