KERMIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KERMIS 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 KERMIS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KERMIS is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KERMIS
No single letter turns KERMIS into another word.
How KERMIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in KERMIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does KERMIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fair or festival, especially a fair held in a town in the Low Countries or one run to raise money for charity.
The word comes from Dutch, where it once named the church-mass held each year on the day a church was dedicated, and the feasting that followed. In Belgium and the Netherlands the kermis is still a lively open-air fair with rides and stalls. In the United States the same word more often means an indoor fair with games and entertainment, arranged to benefit a good cause.
How KERMIS is used
A little old-fashioned in English; most at home in writing about the Low Countries or about charity fairs.
- The whole town turned out for the summer kermis.
- Painters of the period loved to show peasants dancing at a kermis.
- The school raised money at the autumn kermis in the gym.
- A carousel stood in the square for the week of the kermis.
- At the kermis she won a small prize at the ring toss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KERMIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KERMIS
1 longer words begin with KERMIS.
Shorter words from the letters in KERMIS
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Common questions about KERMIS
- Is KERMIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KERMIS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KERMIS worth?
- KERMIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KERMIS mean?
- A fair or festival, especially a fair held in a town in the Low Countries or one run to raise money for charity.
- What letters can be added to KERMIS?
- No single letter can be added to KERMIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of KERMIS:
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