GLISK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. GLISK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GLISK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLISK is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLISK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
glisksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLISK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLISK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does GLISK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A Scots word for a brief glimpse, or a sudden flash of light.
Glisk turns up in older Scots writing to describe catching sight of something for only an instant, such as a glisk of sunlight through cloud or a glisk of a passing face. The word sits close in sound and sense to English glimpse, though the two grew up along separate branches of Germanic vocabulary rather than one being a corruption of the other. Scots speakers and dialect writers still reach for glisk where standard English would default to glimpse or flash. It remains firmly regional and rarely crosses into everyday English south of the border.
How GLISK is used
Scots dialect; used for a quick glimpse or flash rather than a sustained view.
- She caught a glisk of the loch through the mist.
- A glisk of sunlight broke through before the clouds closed again.
- He only got a glisk of the stranger's face.
- The old poem describes a glisk of home from the ship's deck.
- A glisk of silver in the water was gone before he could look twice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLISK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLISK
1 longer words begin with GLISK.
Shorter words from the letters in GLISK
Common questions about GLISK
- Is GLISK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GLISK is not in it.
- How many points is GLISK worth?
- GLISK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLISK mean?
- A Scots word for a brief glimpse, or a sudden flash of light.
- What letters can be added to GLISK?
- GLISK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLISK:
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