Is LIN a Scrabble word?
Yes. LIN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Alternative spelling of linn. 2. Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”).
Meaning 1 meaning
Alternative spelling of linn. 2. Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”).
Etymology
From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”).
LIN at a glance
LIN has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (L 1 + I 1 + N 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #9,474 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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