Is IS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts IS, where it scores 2 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is IS worth?

IS is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 2 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to IS?

IS takes 22 hooks: 18 in front and 4 at the end.

IS is a valid Scrabble word — 2 points

Yes. IS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 2 in Words with Friends.

i1s1

PlayableIS · 2 letters · 2 pts Scrabble · 2 pts WWF

2points in Scrabble

2points in Words with Friends

2letters

22hooks available

1 in 138odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept IS?

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: 50 / 100

50WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.5%

Our own measure of how useful IS is to know. It scores 2 from 2 tiles, takes 22 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for IS

Front hooks — 18

ais3 bis5 cis5 dis4 gis4 his6 kis7 lis3 mis5 nis3 ois3 pis5 qis12 sis3 tis3 vis6 wis6 xis10

Back hooks — 4

ish6 ism5 iso3 ist3

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How IS scores

Scrabble i1s1 2

Words with Friends i1s1 2

Face value of the 2 tiles in IS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
i	1	9
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 138.

What stands out about IS

IS is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does IS mean in Scrabble?

verb

To be: the form of the verb used with he, she or it.

How IS is used

There is nothing left to decide.
The bridge is closed until spring.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of IS and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Anagrams of IS

si2

The 2 tiles of IS in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with IS

ish6 ism5 iso3 ist3 isba6 isit4 isle4 isms6 isna4 isos4 ists4 isbas7 ishes8 isled6 isles5 islet5 isnae5 issei5 issue5 istle5 isabel8 isatin6 ischia11 island7

Showing 24 of 501 words that begin with IS.

Words ending in IS

ais3 bis5 cis5 dis4 gis4 his6 kis7 lis3 mis5 nis3 ois3 pis5 qis12 sis3 tis3 vis6 wis6 xis10 ahis7 ajis11 amis6 anis4 aris4 avis7

Showing 24 of 2237 words that end in IS. Useful as a back hook: play IS onto a word already on the board.

Words with IS inside

bise6 bish9 bisk10 bist6 cist6 disa5 disc7 dish8 disk9 diss5 eish7 fisc9 fish10 fisk11 fist7 gism7 gist5 hish10 hisn7 hiss7 hist7 jism13 kish11 kiss8

Showing 24 of 27327 words that contain IS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with IS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Common questions about IS

Is IS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts IS, where it scores 2 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is IS worth?: IS is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 2 points in Words with Friends.
What does IS mean?: To be: the form of the verb used with he, she or it.
What letters can be added to IS?: IS takes 22 hooks: 18 in front and 4 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 2 letters of IS:

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