CARLISH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CARLISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARLISH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARLISH is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARLISH
No single letter turns CARLISH into another word.
How CARLISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CARLISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does CARLISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Rude, rough and ill-mannered, in the manner of a boorish fellow.
Carlish comes from an old word for a lowborn man, and it carries a sense of poor manners rather than low rank alone. You will meet it in older literature, almost never in current speech. Churlish is the modern word that took over its job.
How CARLISH is used
Found only in older writing and in dictionaries of rare words.
- The old poem mocks a carlish host who gave his guests nothing.
- His carlish reply to the kind offer shocked everyone at the table.
- In the story the carlish steward barked orders at the servants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARLISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARLISH
The 7 tiles of CARLISH in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CARLISH
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Common questions about CARLISH
- Is CARLISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARLISH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARLISH worth?
- CARLISH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARLISH mean?
- Rude, rough and ill-mannered, in the manner of a boorish fellow.
- What letters can be added to CARLISH?
- No single letter can be added to CARLISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CARLISH:
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