FISHWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. FISHWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FISHWAY?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FISHWAY is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FISHWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fishwaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FISHWAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FISHWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does FISHWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A passage built beside a dam or waterfall that lets fish swim past it.
A fishway is often a staircase of small pools so that salmon can leap upstream to spawn. Engineers study each fishway to learn how many fish truly make it past the barrier.
How FISHWAY is used
Fishway is a term from river engineering; fish ladder is a near synonym.
- Salmon crowded into the fishway below the dam.
- The new fishway opened miles of river to spawning trout.
- A camera counted every fish using the fishway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FISHWAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FISHWAY
1 longer words begin with FISHWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in FISHWAY
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Common questions about FISHWAY
- Is FISHWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FISHWAY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FISHWAY worth?
- FISHWAY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FISHWAY mean?
- A passage built beside a dam or waterfall that lets fish swim past it.
- What letters can be added to FISHWAY?
- FISHWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FISHWAY:
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