FISHWIFE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. FISHWIFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FISHWIFE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FISHWIFE is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FISHWIFE
No single letter turns FISHWIFE into another word.
How FISHWIFE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FISHWIFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FISHWIFE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FISHWIFE mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensivehistorical
A woman who sells fish, or a loud, coarse woman who scolds.
In earlier centuries, women who sold fish in the market had a reputation for sharp tongues, and the insult grew from that. Today a fishwife is a dated and rude label when aimed at someone.
How FISHWIFE is used
The literal sense of fishwife is historical; the figurative one is an insult.
- The fishwife called out the price of the morning catch.
- He was shouted at like a fishwife in the street.
- A painting showed a fishwife with her basket on the quay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FISHWIFE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FISHWIFE
3 longer words begin with FISHWIFE.
Shorter words from the letters in FISHWIFE
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Common questions about FISHWIFE
- Is FISHWIFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FISHWIFE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FISHWIFE worth?
- FISHWIFE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FISHWIFE mean?
- A woman who sells fish, or a loud, coarse woman who scolds.
- What letters can be added to FISHWIFE?
- No single letter can be added to FISHWIFE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FISHWIFE:
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