HOTTISH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOTTISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOTTISH?
| 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 HOTTISH 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 HOTTISH
No single letter turns HOTTISH into another word.
How HOTTISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOTTISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,705 thousand.
What stands out about HOTTISH
- HOTTISH 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 HOTTISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Fairly hot, though not extremely so.
The suffix -ish softens the claim, so hottish describes weather, water or food that is warm enough to notice but not alarming. It is a casual, hedged way of speaking. A cautious speaker might choose hottish when a flat "hot" would overstate things.
How HOTTISH is used
Hottish is a relaxed spoken-style adjective and is rare in formal writing.
- The soup was hottish, so I let it cool for a minute.
- It was a hottish afternoon, but a breeze kept us comfortable.
- Add the eggs when the pan is hottish rather than smoking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOTTISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOTTISH
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Common questions about HOTTISH
- Is HOTTISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOTTISH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOTTISH worth?
- HOTTISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOTTISH mean?
- Fairly hot, though not extremely so.
- What letters can be added to HOTTISH?
- No single letter can be added to HOTTISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOTTISH:
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