ITS is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ITS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ITS?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful ITS is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 16 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ITS
Front hooks — 16
aitsBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ITS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ITS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about ITS
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 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 ITS mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
Belonging to it.
Its takes no apostrophe, and getting that wrong is the commonest written error in English: the possessive of a pronoun never has one, exactly as with his and hers. The form with an apostrophe means it is and nothing else.
How ITS is used
No apostrophe. The form with one is a contraction.
- The company lost its licence in March.
- The word its never takes an apostrophe.
- Its roof leaks and its owner knows.
- His, hers and its all refuse the apostrophe.
- Every building on the street has its own number.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ITS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ITS
The 3 tiles of ITS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ITS
1 longer words begin with ITS.
Words ending in ITS
Showing 24 of 450 words that end in ITS. Useful as a back hook: play ITS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ITS inside
Showing 24 of 76 words that contain ITS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ITS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ITS
Common questions about ITS
- Is ITS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ITS, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ITS worth?
- ITS is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ITS mean?
- Belonging to it.
- What letters can be added to ITS?
- ITS takes 16 hooks: 16 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ITS:
Open ITS in the Word Finder