CIS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. CIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIS?
| 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 CIS is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cistChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CIS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does CIS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a gender identity that matches the sex recorded at birth.
Cis is the Latin prefix for on this side, the opposite number of trans, on the other side; chemists used the pair for molecular shapes long before anyone applied it to people. It exists because a word was needed for the unmarked case: without it, one group has a label and the other is simply called normal, which is a claim rather than a description.
How CIS is used
Used before a noun or after the verb — a cis colleague, she is cis. Also written as the longer cisgender.
- The survey asked whether respondents were cis or trans.
- Most of the panel were cis, and said so before answering.
- He is cis and has never had to think about the question.
- The paper compares cis and trans participants across four measures.
- Chemists used cis long before anybody applied it to people.
- A cis reader may miss what the sentence costs the writer.
- The form offered cis, trans and prefer not to say.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIS and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CIS
The 3 tiles of CIS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CIS
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with CIS.
Words ending in CIS
14 words end in CIS. Useful as a back hook: play CIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with CIS inside
Showing 24 of 955 words that contain CIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CIS
Common questions about CIS
- Is CIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIS worth?
- CIS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIS mean?
- Having a gender identity that matches the sex recorded at birth.
- What letters can be added to CIS?
- CIS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CIS:
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