BISH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BISH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BISH
No single letter turns BISH into another word.
How BISH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does BISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A blunder or a mistake.
Bish is British school slang from the 1930s with no agreed origin. It belongs to the same world as prep and tuck, and it survives in writing about that world rather than in speech.
How BISH is used
Countable: a bish, two bishes. Informal.
- A bish in the first paragraph and nobody read further.
- The word bish is school slang from the 1930s.
- Bish belongs with prep and tuck.
- Two bishes in one letter is careless.
- The origin of bish is unknown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BISH
15 longer words begin with BISH.
Words ending in BISH
21 words end in BISH. Useful as a back hook: play BISH onto a word already on the board.
Words with BISH inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain BISH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BISH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BISH
Common questions about BISH
- Is BISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BISH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BISH worth?
- BISH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BISH mean?
- A blunder or a mistake.
- What letters can be added to BISH?
- No single letter can be added to BISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BISH:
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