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Engrain

e 1n 1g 2r 1a 1i 1n 1

About 2 syllables

7 letters · Uncommon

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does engrain mean?

We don’t have a definition for engrain yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is ENGRAIN a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is ENGRAIN worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
e 1n 1g 2r 1a 1i 1n 1

Words With Friends

11 pts
e 1n 2g 3r 1a 1i 1n 2

Wordfeud

9 pts
e 1n 1g 3r 1a 1i 1n 1

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
e 1n 1g 4r 1a 1i 1n 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in ENGRAIN

Hooks for ENGRAIN

Add one letter to the front or back of ENGRAIN to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

Words that end like ENGRAIN

Common words that share the ending -AIN, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

All words ending in -AIN

Engrain: quick answers

Is ENGRAIN a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. ENGRAIN is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is ENGRAIN worth?
ENGRAIN scores 8 points in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What words can you make with the letters in ENGRAIN?
You can make 118 shorter words from ENGRAIN, such as EANING, EARING, ENRING, ERNING. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of ENGRAIN?
ENGRAIN rearranges into AGINNER, EARNING, GRANNIE, NEARING.