Strain
Yes, Strain is a valid word.
What does STRAIN mean?
- verb
to exert much effort or energy
“straining our ears to hear”
- noun
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- noun
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
“she endured the stresses and strains of life”
- noun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
“she was humming an air from Beethoven”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
6
Scrabble
7
Words With Friends
6
Letters
Valid in
- Scrabble US (TWL)Valid
- Scrabble International (SOWPODS)Valid
- Words With FriendsValid
Hooks for STRAIN
Single letters that turn STRAIN into another valid word in Scrabble US (TWL). Hooks are how you play onto a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Anagrams of STRAIN
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from STRAIN
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- instar6
- santir6
- trains6
- airns5
- airts5
- antis5
- astir5
- naris5
- rains5
- ranis5
- rants5
- riant5
- saint5
- sarin5
- satin5
- sitar5
- stain5
- stair5
- stria5
- tains5
- tarns5
- tarsi5
- tians5
- train5
- trans5
- ains4
- airn4
- airs4
- airt4
- aits4
- anis4
- anti4
- ants4
- arts4
- nits4
- rain4
- rais4
- rani4
- rant4
- rats4
- rias4
- rins4
- sain4
- sari4
- sati4
- snit4
- stan4
- star4
- stir4
- tain4
- tans4
- tarn4
- tars4
- tian4
- tins4
- tsar4
- ain3
- air3
- ais3
- ait3
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