FISH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FISH?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FISH is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FISH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fishyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How FISH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does FISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
An aquatic vertebrate with gills.
Fish as a plural is unchanged, and fishes is used only about species rather than individuals. Biologists point out that fish is not a real group at all: some fish are closer to humans than to other fish.
How FISH is used
The plural is fish; fishes means species.
- Two fish in the net and neither worth keeping.
- The plural fish is unchanged and fishes means species.
- They fished all morning and caught weed.
- A fish is not a real biological group.
- Some fish are closer to a human than to other fish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FISH
Showing 24 of 84 words that begin with FISH.
Words ending in FISH
Showing 24 of 178 words that end in FISH. Useful as a back hook: play FISH onto a word already on the board.
Words with FISH inside
Showing 24 of 232 words that contain FISH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FISH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FISH
Common questions about FISH
- Is FISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FISH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FISH worth?
- FISH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FISH mean?
- An aquatic vertebrate with gills.
- What letters can be added to FISH?
- FISH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FISH:
Open FISH in the Word Finder