Is “Groin” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
GROIN
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Groin

/ɡɹɔɪn/

noun
  1. 1.The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

  2. 2.The area adjoining this fold or depression.

    He pulled a muscle in his groin.

  3. 3.The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults

verb
  1. 1.To deliver a blow to the genitals of.

    In the scrum he somehow got groined.

  2. 2.To build with groins.

  3. 3.(literary) To hollow out, to excavate.

    'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen).