FINFISH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FINFISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FINFISH?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FINFISH is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FINFISH
No single letter turns FINFISH into another word.
How FINFISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FINFISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does FINFISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A true fish with fins and a backbone, as opposed to a shellfish such as a crab or an oyster.
Fishing regulations and seafood markets use finfish to separate swimming fish from molluscs and crustaceans. The word draws a line in the catch, not in the kitchen. Biologists seldom need it, but fisheries and aquaculture reports rely on it.
How FINFISH is used
Finfish appears mostly in fisheries, aquaculture and food-trade writing, where the catch is split into fish and shellfish.
- The farm raises finfish in sea cages and oysters on ropes nearby.
- Licences for finfish and for shellfish are issued separately.
- Salmon and cod are the finfish that dominate the export figures.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FINFISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FINFISH
1 longer words begin with FINFISH.
Shorter words from the letters in FINFISH
Common questions about FINFISH
- Is FINFISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FINFISH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FINFISH worth?
- FINFISH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FINFISH mean?
- A true fish with fins and a backbone, as opposed to a shellfish such as a crab or an oyster.
- What letters can be added to FINFISH?
- No single letter can be added to FINFISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FINFISH:
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