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NINTH

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What NINTH Means

  1. noun: position nine in a countable series of things“going into the ninth, they were a run ahead”
  2. noun: one part in nine equal parts
  3. adjective: coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NINTH is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 I1 N1 T1 H4.

Words Made From The Letters In NINTH

12 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.

4 letter words (2)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing NINTH

NINTH appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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