BIZ is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIZ?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIZ is to know. It scores 14 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bizeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BIZ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BIZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What stands out about BIZ
- BIZ scores 14 points, more than twice the average for a 3-letter word (6.3).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Business, especially show business.
Biz is old enough to have lost any sense of being a clipping — it is in print from the 1860s. The phrase show biz did most of the work of keeping it alive, and the word now sounds knowing rather than merely casual: using it claims a certain familiarity with whatever trade is meant.
How BIZ is used
Uncountable: the biz, in the biz. Informal.
- He has been in the biz for thirty years and seen it change twice.
- Nobody in the biz was surprised by the announcement.
- The word biz says the speaker is on the inside.
- Show biz kept the word alive after everything else dropped it.
- A biz that size does not turn quickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIZ
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with BIZ.
Words ending in BIZ
1 words end in BIZ. Useful as a back hook: play BIZ onto a word already on the board.
Words with BIZ inside
20 words contain BIZ in the middle. Words that start with BIZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIZ
Common questions about BIZ
- Is BIZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIZ, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIZ worth?
- BIZ is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIZ mean?
- Business, especially show business.
- What letters can be added to BIZ?
- BIZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BIZ:
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