JIZ is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. JIZ 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 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JIZ?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JIZ is to know. It scores 19 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jizzChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How JIZ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JIZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What stands out about JIZ
- At 19 points, JIZ is among the ten highest-scoring 3-letter words we list.
- JIZ averages 6.3 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JIZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectrare
A wig, in older dialect usage, also spelled gizz.
Speakers who used jiz treated it as an everyday word for a wig rather than a technical or theatrical term, and the alternate spelling gizz appears more often in printed dialect glossaries. The word survives today mainly through word-game references rather than ordinary conversation.
How JIZ is used
Rare outside dialect dictionaries and word-game word lists.
- He pulled the jiz down over his bald patch before the photograph.
- The actor kept a spare jiz backstage in case the first one slipped.
- Under the stage lights, nobody noticed the jiz was slightly askew.
- Grandfather joked that his jiz cost more than his suit.
- The costume box held three wigs, one labelled simply jiz.
- She adjusted the jiz until the curls sat evenly.
- A dusty jiz hung on the hook beside the mirror.
- The old dialect word jiz turns up in glossaries beside its twin spelling gizz.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIZ and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see JIZ
- Competitive Scrabble players value jiz because it fits the uncommon letter J into a very short word.
- Dialect dictionaries mark jiz as a regional term, meaning it never became part of everyday standard English.
Words starting with JIZ
2 longer words begin with JIZ.
Common questions about JIZ
- Is JIZ valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JIZ is not in it.
- How many points is JIZ worth?
- JIZ is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIZ mean?
- A wig, in older dialect usage, also spelled gizz.
- What letters can be added to JIZ?
- JIZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JIZ:
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