IRIS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. IRIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IRIS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IRIS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IRIS
Front hooks — 1
sirisBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How IRIS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in IRIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does IRIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The colored ring of muscle around the pupil of the eye, or, in another common sense, a garden plant with sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers.
An iris sits at the front of the eye and widens or narrows to control the amount of light reaching the retina. The same word names a family of garden and wild plants whose flowers come in violet, yellow, blue and white and whose bulbs or rhizomes send up flat, blade-like leaves each spring.
How IRIS is used
Common in everyday and scientific use; the plant sense is often capitalized as a genus name in botany.
- The doctor shone a light to see how quickly her iris contracted.
- Blue iris flowers lined the edge of the pond.
- A camera iris opens wider in dim light.
- He planted a row of iris bulbs along the fence in autumn.
- The surgeon operated carefully near the iris to avoid damaging her sight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IRIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IRIS
The 4 tiles of IRIS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with IRIS
11 longer words begin with IRIS.
Words ending in IRIS
13 words end in IRIS. Useful as a back hook: play IRIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with IRIS inside
Showing 24 of 53 words that contain IRIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with IRIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IRIS
Common questions about IRIS
- Is IRIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IRIS, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IRIS worth?
- IRIS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IRIS mean?
- The colored ring of muscle around the pupil of the eye, or, in another common sense, a garden plant with sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers.
- What letters can be added to IRIS?
- IRIS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of IRIS:
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