IWI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. IWI 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 IWI?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IWI is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IWI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IWI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in IWI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about IWI
- IWI is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does IWI mean in Scrabble?
noun
New Zealand
A Maori tribe or people.
Iwi is the largest unit of Maori social organisation, standing above the hapu and the whanau, and the word is used untranslated in New Zealand law and government. It also means bone, and the connection is descent — an iwi is people who share ancestors.
How IWI is used
Countable, and the plural is also iwi. Chiefly New Zealand.
- The settlement was negotiated with the iwi directly.
- An iwi is made up of several hapu.
- The word iwi appears in legislation without translation.
- Two iwi share the river and manage it together.
- An iwi is defined by descent rather than by place.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IWI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IWI
1 longer words begin with IWI.
Words ending in IWI
3 words end in IWI. Useful as a back hook: play IWI onto a word already on the board.
Words with IWI inside
23 words contain IWI in the middle. Words that start with IWI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about IWI
- Is IWI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and IWI is not in it.
- How many points is IWI worth?
- IWI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IWI mean?
- A Maori tribe or people.
- What letters can be added to IWI?
- IWI takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of IWI:
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