Is “Hinge” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
HINGE
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
Valid

Meaning of Hinge

/ˈhɪndʒ/

noun
  1. 1.A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.

  2. 2.A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.

  3. 3.A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.

Synonyms: har, quartile

verb
  1. 1.To attach by, or equip with a hinge.

  2. 2.(with on or upon) To depend on something.

  3. 3.The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.

    The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.