FIZZ is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. FIZZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIZZ?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIZZ is to know. It scores 25 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIZZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fizzyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How FIZZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FIZZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 2 | 1 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. FIZZ needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about FIZZ
- Two Zs in one word: FIZZ doubles the highest-value tile in the bag.
- At 25 points, FIZZ is among the ten highest-scoring 4-letter words we list.
- FIZZ averages 6.3 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FIZZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hissing sound made by bubbles in a liquid.
Fizz was built from the sound and then narrowed: in Britain it now means sparkling wine as often as it means the noise. The related fizzle once meant a quiet escape of gas and acquired its modern sense in America.
How FIZZ is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb.
- The fizz went out of it overnight.
- A bottle of fizz for a birthday nobody wanted marked.
- The word fizz imitates the sound it names.
- It fizzed for a moment and then stopped.
- Fizz in Britain means sparkling wine as often as bubbles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIZZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIZZ
21 longer words begin with FIZZ.
Shorter words from the letters in FIZZ
Common questions about FIZZ
- Is FIZZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIZZ, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIZZ worth?
- FIZZ is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIZZ mean?
- A hissing sound made by bubbles in a liquid.
- What letters can be added to FIZZ?
- FIZZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FIZZ:
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