DISH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISH is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dishyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DISH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does DISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shallow container for serving food.
Dish and desk descend from the same Latin word for a flat board, along with disc and dais. The sense of a prepared food came from what the container held.
How DISH is used
Countable. Also a verb: dished, dishes.
- A dish deep enough for a whole joint.
- The word dish shares a root with desk and disc.
- They dished out the soup and ran short.
- A satellite dish is named from the shape.
- Two dishes at the same course.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DISH
The 4 tiles of DISH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DISH
Showing 24 of 139 words that begin with DISH.
Words ending in DISH
Showing 24 of 62 words that end in DISH. Useful as a back hook: play DISH onto a word already on the board.
Words with DISH inside
Showing 24 of 70 words that contain DISH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DISH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DISH
Common questions about DISH
- Is DISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISH, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISH worth?
- DISH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISH mean?
- A shallow container for serving food.
- What letters can be added to DISH?
- DISH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DISH:
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