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INGRAIN

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What INGRAIN Means

  1. verb: thoroughly work in“His hands were grained with dirt”
  2. verb: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of“Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

INGRAIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 G2 R1 A1 I1 N1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of INGRAIN (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In INGRAIN

51 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (6)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (17)

2 letter words (7)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.