HIS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIS?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIS is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about HIS
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HIS mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
A possessive that stays the same word whether it sits before a noun, as in his coat, or stands alone at the end of a sentence, as in the coat is his.
His does two jobs that look identical and are not: his coat needs a noun after it, and the coat is his does not. English marks that difference in every other pronoun by changing the word, and here it does not — which causes no trouble whatever.
How HIS is used
Possessive determiner and possessive pronoun alike.
- His coat was the only one left on the hook.
- The decision was his and he knew it.
- They took his advice and regretted it by Tuesday.
- The word his does the work of two separate words here.
- His and hers is a phrase about towels and nothing else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HIS
The 3 tiles of HIS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HIS
Showing 24 of 163 words that begin with HIS.
Words ending in HIS
Showing 24 of 79 words that end in HIS. Useful as a back hook: play HIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIS inside
Showing 24 of 782 words that contain HIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIS
Common questions about HIS
- Is HIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIS worth?
- HIS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIS mean?
- A possessive that stays the same word whether it sits before a noun, as in his coat, or stands alone at the end of a sentence, as in the coat is his.
- What letters can be added to HIS?
- HIS takes 10 hooks: 6 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HIS:
Open HIS in the Word Finder