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linchpin

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Is linchpin a Scrabble word?

Yes, linchpin is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 15 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of linchpin?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.Examples: "What is difficult to appreciate, however, is the discrepancy between his statement to the 'Manchester Guardian' correspondent and his known abhorance for party politics, which is the lynchpin of modern democracy."; "Community nurses have been described as the lynchpins of palliative care in the community."; "Second, QAnon, whose adherents have deep ties to countless other large communities, has become a linchpin in that ecosystem, and the absurdity of its claims in no way reduces its political influence."figuratively

verb (English)

1. (ambitransitive) To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security.Examples: "The poems turn fear of individual death into an audit of the costs of an aristocratic status quo which is linchpinned by a monarchy indulging in paradigms of social redress that have become cosmetic, opportunities for self-display rather than genuine justice."ambitransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "linchpin"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "linchpin"?

Scrabble
15 points
L1
I1
N1
C3
H4
P3
I1
N1
Words With Friends
19 points
L2
I1
N2
C4
H3
P4
I1
N2

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