KISH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. KISH 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept KISH?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KISH is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KISH
No single letter turns KISH into another word.
How KISH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does KISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A film of graphite that forms on molten iron.
Kish forms as iron cools and floats up as flakes, which are skimmed off and were once nothing but a nuisance. Foundries now sell it, which is what happens to most industrial waste eventually.
How KISH is used
Uncountable; used as a modifier before a noun.
- Kish floats to the surface as the iron cools.
- The word kish names graphite and not slag.
- Foundries once skimmed kish off and threw it away.
- Kish is now sold rather than discarded.
- A layer of kish on a ladle is skimmed before pouring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KISH
The 4 tiles of KISH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KISH
5 longer words begin with KISH.
Words ending in KISH
Showing 24 of 62 words that end in KISH. Useful as a back hook: play KISH onto a word already on the board.
Words with KISH inside
Showing 24 of 76 words that contain KISH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with KISH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KISH
Common questions about KISH
- Is KISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KISH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KISH worth?
- KISH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KISH mean?
- A film of graphite that forms on molten iron.
- What letters can be added to KISH?
- No single letter can be added to KISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KISH:
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