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Mains

/meɪnz/

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Mains

verb

  1. Short for mainline.
  2. To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.

    "He mains the same character as me in that game."

  3. Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.

noun

  1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
  2. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
  3. Short for main course.

    "I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert."

  4. The high seas.
  5. The mainland.

noun

  1. A hand or match in a game of dice.
  2. The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
  3. A stake played for at dice.
  4. A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
  5. A banker's shovel for coins.

noun

  1. A basket for gathering grapes.

noun

  1. The domestic electrical power supply.

    "I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!"

  2. The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.
  3. The main course of a meal.
Anagrams of Mains

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "mains":

aminsminas

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "mains" and rearranging:

+aanimasmanias
+cmanics
+eaminesanimesinseammesiansemina
+ggamins
+ianimissaiminsimian
+jjasmin
+kkamsin
+llimans
+nnanism
+oamnios
Related Word Patterns
MA...Words starting with "ma"...NSWords ending with "ns"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "mains"
Letter Values
m3
a1
i1
n1
s1

Total: 7 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Mains
abandonsabbreviationsabdicationsabdomensabducensabductionsabecedariansaberrationsabjectionsabjurationsablationsablins
Related 5-Letter Words
maarsmabesmacawmacedmacermacesmachemachomachsmacksmaclemaconmacromadammadly

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Mains"

Mains is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "mains" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Mains" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "mains" is a low-scoring word.