ISIT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ISIT 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ISIT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISIT 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 ISIT
Front hooks — 1
visitBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ISIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ISIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does ISIT mean in Scrabble?
interjection
South African
A South African expression meaning roughly "is that so?", used to show that the speaker is listening or to seek mild confirmation.
Isit is used as a short conversational tag in South African English, tacked onto or dropped into a conversation the way is it? might be in other varieties, but often it carries no real question at all and simply signals attention or mild interest.
How ISIT is used
Colloquial, spoken register; South African English.
- He told me he had climbed the mountain twice, and I just said isit.
- Isit, so the shop is closed on Sundays now?
- She nodded and murmured isit while he kept talking.
- They said the price had doubled, and he replied isit with a shrug.
- Isit? I hadn't heard that news at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ISIT
3 words end in ISIT. Useful as a back hook: play ISIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with ISIT inside
Showing 24 of 114 words that contain ISIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ISIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ISIT
Common questions about ISIT
- Is ISIT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ISIT is not in it.
- How many points is ISIT worth?
- ISIT is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISIT mean?
- A South African expression meaning roughly "is that so?", used to show that the speaker is listening or to seek mild confirmation.
- What letters can be added to ISIT?
- ISIT takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ISIT:
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