HELLISH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HELLISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELLISH?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELLISH is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELLISH
No single letter turns HELLISH into another word.
How HELLISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HELLISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,176 thousand.
What stands out about HELLISH
- HELLISH 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 HELLISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely unpleasant, difficult or cruel, as if belonging to hell.
Used literally, hellish describes places and acts that seem infernal, such as a burning battlefield. In casual talk it exaggerates, so a hellish commute or a hellish week simply means a very bad one.
How HELLISH is used
Speakers apply hellish to heat, traffic, work and ordeals felt as almost unbearable.
- The heat in the factory was hellish.
- We endured a hellish journey through the snow.
- The painter imagined a hellish landscape of fire and smoke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELLISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELLISH
3 longer words begin with HELLISH.
Shorter words from the letters in HELLISH
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Common questions about HELLISH
- Is HELLISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELLISH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELLISH worth?
- HELLISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELLISH mean?
- Extremely unpleasant, difficult or cruel, as if belonging to hell.
- What letters can be added to HELLISH?
- No single letter can be added to HELLISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HELLISH:
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