What does ZINC mean?

Pronunciation
/zɪŋk/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
15
Words With Friends score
17
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. 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

verb

  1. coat or cover with zinc

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

zincs16zinced18zincing19

Anagrams of ZINC

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside ZINC

2 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

zin12in2

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Questions

Is ZINC a valid word in word games?

ZINC is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is ZINC worth?

ZINC is worth 15 points with Scrabble letter values and 17 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from ZINC?

2 other words, including IN and ZIN.