ISH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. ISH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISH is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ISH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about ISH
- 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 ISH mean in Scrabble?
adverb
informal
Roughly, or more or less — said on its own after a statement.
Ish escaped from the end of words like greenish and reddish and set up on its own, softening whatever was just said. Answering a question with ish is a way of agreeing without committing, and it will follow almost anything: a time, a colour, a promise. It belongs to speech and to messaging, and it still looks odd on a printed page.
How ISH is used
Stands alone as a reply, or trails the word it qualifies — six o'clock ish. Never placed in front.
- We will be there at six, ish.
- Are you ready? Ish.
- The paint is blue, ish.
- He said the job was finished and then added ish.
- Ish is the most honest answer most people give.
- She agreed, with an ish at the end.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISH and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ISH
The 3 tiles of ISH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ISH
1 longer words begin with ISH.
Words ending in ISH
Showing 24 of 889 words that end in ISH. Useful as a back hook: play ISH onto a word already on the board.
Words with ISH inside
Showing 24 of 1804 words that contain ISH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ISH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ISH
Common questions about ISH
- Is ISH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ISH is not in it.
- How many points is ISH worth?
- ISH is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISH mean?
- Roughly, or more or less — said on its own after a statement.
- What letters can be added to ISH?
- ISH takes 9 hooks: 9 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ISH:
Open ISH in the Word Finder