IWIS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. IWIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IWIS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IWIS is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IWIS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How IWIS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in IWIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does IWIS mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
Certainly or indeed, an archaic term of affirmation.
Iwis was once used by English speakers to stress that a statement was true beyond doubt. Writers of earlier centuries placed iwis at the start of a sentence for emphasis.
How IWIS is used
Appears almost exclusively in archaic or historical English texts.
- Iwis, said the old traveler, the road ahead is long.
- The knight replied that he would iwis return by morning.
- Iwis, this tale is older than the castle itself.
- The scribe wrote iwis to stress that the account was true.
- Iwis, no one else could have solved the riddle so quickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IWIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in IWIS
3 words end in IWIS. Useful as a back hook: play IWIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with IWIS inside
2 words contain IWIS in the middle. Words that start with IWIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IWIS
Common questions about IWIS
- Is IWIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IWIS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IWIS worth?
- IWIS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IWIS mean?
- Certainly or indeed, an archaic term of affirmation.
- What letters can be added to IWIS?
- IWIS takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of IWIS:
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