HIPPISH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HIPPISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIPPISH?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIPPISH is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIPPISH
No single letter turns HIPPISH into another word.
How HIPPISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HIPPISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 111,164 thousand.
What stands out about HIPPISH
- HIPPISH 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 HIPPISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Feeling low in spirits or mildly anxious about one's health.
Hippish comes from the old shortening hyp, a name for gloomy moods. You will meet hippish mostly in older letters and novels, where a person is said to be hippish after bad news or bad weather. It describes a passing dullness of mood rather than a serious illness.
How HIPPISH is used
Hippish is a dated word, found chiefly in older writing about moods and nerves.
- He felt hippish all week and barely left his study.
- The rain left her in a hippish temper.
- A hippish old uncle complained of every draught.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIPPISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HIPPISH
Common questions about HIPPISH
- Is HIPPISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIPPISH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIPPISH worth?
- HIPPISH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIPPISH mean?
- Feeling low in spirits or mildly anxious about one's health.
- What letters can be added to HIPPISH?
- No single letter can be added to HIPPISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HIPPISH:
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