Is “Pains” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
PAINS
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
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Meaning of Pains

/peɪnz/

noun
  1. 1.An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

    I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.

  2. 2.The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress

    In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.

  3. 3.(from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing.

    Your mother is a right pain.

Synonyms: pest

verb
  1. 1.To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

    The wound pained him.

  2. 2.To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

    It pains me to say that I must let you go.

  3. 3.To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

noun
  1. 1.Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.

    gammon pain; Spanish pain