LITH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. LITH 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LITH?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LITH is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LITH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LITH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LITH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does LITH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A joint of the body or a limb, chiefly in older Scots usage.
Older Scots texts sometimes use lith to refer to a finger joint or a similar small body part. The word appears rarely today outside dialect dictionaries and historical writing.
How LITH is used
Encountered mainly in Scots dialect or historical writing.
- The old rhyme mentioned every lith of the hand.
- Her fingers ached in each lith after the long day.
- The healer examined the swollen lith carefully.
- Old ballads sometimes named each lith of the body.
- He rubbed the sore lith after the fall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LITH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LITH
The 4 tiles of LITH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LITH
Showing 24 of 157 words that begin with LITH.
Words ending in LITH
Showing 24 of 38 words that end in LITH. Useful as a back hook: play LITH onto a word already on the board.
Words with LITH inside
Showing 24 of 108 words that contain LITH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LITH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LITH
Common questions about LITH
- Is LITH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LITH is not in it.
- How many points is LITH worth?
- LITH is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LITH mean?
- A joint of the body or a limb, chiefly in older Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to LITH?
- LITH takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LITH:
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