ISTHMUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ISTHMUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISTHMUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISTHMUS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISTHMUS
No single letter turns ISTHMUS into another word.
How ISTHMUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ISTHMUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does ISTHMUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A narrow strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger areas of land.
Panama is the best-known isthmus, and its canal was cut across exactly such a bridge between two oceans. Biologists also use the word for any slim connecting part of the body, such as a narrow band of tissue joining two larger organs.
How ISTHMUS is used
The word isthmus is used in geography and, in a looser sense, in anatomy.
- The army crossed the isthmus in a single night.
- A railway runs along the narrow isthmus to the island.
- Ships once had to be hauled over the isthmus to reach the other sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISTHMUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ISTHMUS
1 longer words begin with ISTHMUS.
Shorter words from the letters in ISTHMUS
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Common questions about ISTHMUS
- Is ISTHMUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISTHMUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISTHMUS worth?
- ISTHMUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISTHMUS mean?
- A narrow strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger areas of land.
- What letters can be added to ISTHMUS?
- No single letter can be added to ISTHMUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ISTHMUS:
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