HISPID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HISPID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HISPID?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HISPID is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HISPID
No single letter turns HISPID into another word.
How HISPID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HISPID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does HISPID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Covered with stiff, coarse hairs or small bristles.
Botanists and zoologists reach for hispid when a surface feels rough and prickly to the touch because of stiff hairs standing out from it. A hispid stem, for example, scratches the fingers in a way that a downy or silky one never would. The word comes from Latin and is found mostly in descriptions of plants and animals.
How HISPID is used
Technical; found in field guides and scientific descriptions.
- The hispid stem scratched her hand as she picked the flower.
- A hispid coat of bristles protects the caterpillar from birds.
- The guide describes the leaves as hispid on the underside.
- He ran a finger over the hispid fruit and felt the stiff hairs.
- The hispid fur of the animal felt harsh and bristly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HISPID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HISPID
2 longer words begin with HISPID.
Shorter words from the letters in HISPID
Common questions about HISPID
- Is HISPID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HISPID, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HISPID worth?
- HISPID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HISPID mean?
- Covered with stiff, coarse hairs or small bristles.
- What letters can be added to HISPID?
- No single letter can be added to HISPID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HISPID:
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