Is WYNS a valid word?

WYNS is the plural of WYN, a letter of the runic alphabet once used for the W sound in Old English, also spelled WYNN. It has no A, E, I, O or U. If WYN is on the board, an S on the end makes WYNS. With a W and a Y, it is worth 10 points before any bonus. Old English manuscripts used the rune for several centuries before it faded away. Learn the rune with its two spellings, WYN and WYNN, and each takes an S. A single S can also turn the board's WYN into this word.

Before any bonus squares: W 4 + Y 4 + N 1 + S 1 = 10. On a double-word square that's 20, on a triple-word 30, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the W on a 3L square and WYNS is worth 18 before any word bonus.

Swap any one letter of WYNS and these are still words:

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters W, Y, N and S.

WYNS is the plural of WYN, an old English rune.

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