HEIMISH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HEIMISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEIMISH?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEIMISH is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEIMISH
No single letter turns HEIMISH into another word.
How HEIMISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HEIMISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What stands out about HEIMISH
- HEIMISH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HEIMISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Warm, friendly and comfortable in a homelike way.
Heimish comes into English from Yiddish and carries the sense of a place or person that makes you feel at home. A cluttered kitchen with soup on the stove can be heimish, while a sleek hotel lobby cannot.
How HEIMISH is used
Heimish is an informal borrowing, used to praise cosy, unpretentious people or places.
- The little cafe had a heimish feel, with mismatched chairs and cake on the counter.
- Her heimish manner put the nervous guests at ease.
- They preferred the heimish old inn to the modern chain hotel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEIMISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEIMISH
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Common questions about HEIMISH
- Is HEIMISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEIMISH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEIMISH worth?
- HEIMISH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEIMISH mean?
- Warm, friendly and comfortable in a homelike way.
- What letters can be added to HEIMISH?
- No single letter can be added to HEIMISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HEIMISH:
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