What VAIN Means
- adjective: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance“a conceited fool”
- adjective: unproductive of success“a fruitless search”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
VAIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as V4 A1 I1 N1.
Anagrams of VAIN (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In VAIN
9 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.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing VAIN
VAIN appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.