Is ZINC a word?
ZINC is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 1 shorter word built from the same letters.
Yes, ZINC is a valid word.
What does zinc mean?
noun: a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
ZINC: word details
- Pronunciation: ZIHNGK (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside zinc
Words you can make from the letters of zinc.
Solve a whole rack, not just ZINC
ZINC is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does ZINC mean?
ZINC is a noun. It means: a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende.
Is ZINC a valid word?
Yes, ZINC is a valid word. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.