ISM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about ISM
- 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 ISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A doctrine or theory, named dismissively.
Ism is a suffix that broke off and became a word in its own right, which very few suffixes ever manage. It is almost always used with a wave of the hand — isms and ologies — and carries the suggestion that the speaker has heard quite enough.
How ISM is used
Countable: an ism, two isms. Always faintly dismissive.
- Every ism in the pamphlet had a capital letter.
- The word ism is a suffix that escaped.
- He has no patience with isms of any kind.
- An ism needs believers before it needs arguments.
- Isms and ologies in the same breath is never a compliment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ISM
The 3 tiles of ISM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ISM
5 longer words begin with ISM.
Words ending in ISM
Showing 24 of 1700 words that end in ISM. Useful as a back hook: play ISM onto a word already on the board.
Words with ISM inside
Showing 24 of 1959 words that contain ISM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ISM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ISM
Common questions about ISM
- Is ISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISM, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISM worth?
- ISM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISM mean?
- A doctrine or theory, named dismissively.
- What letters can be added to ISM?
- ISM takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ISM:
Open ISM in the Word Finder