NEWISH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NEWISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEWISH?
| 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 NEWISH is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEWISH
No single letter turns NEWISH into another word.
How NEWISH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NEWISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does NEWISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Fairly recent in age or origin, though not quite brand new.
The ending -ish softens new into something looser, so newish suggests an object, habit or arrival that has been around a short while without yet feeling old. Estate agents, car sellers and neighbours all reach for it when they want to be accurate without sounding either grand or dismissive. It is a hedge: the speaker commits to recent, not to a date.
How NEWISH is used
Informal; common in everyday speech and casual writing, rarer in formal prose.
- They bought a newish sofa from a neighbour who was moving abroad.
- The newish manager has already changed the opening hours.
- Her phone looked newish, with only a small scratch on the back.
- A newish cafe on the corner has taken over the old bakery site.
- It is a newish idea in the town, but people have taken to it quickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEWISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEWISH
The 6 tiles of NEWISH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NEWISH
3 longer words begin with NEWISH.
Shorter words from the letters in NEWISH
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Common questions about NEWISH
- Is NEWISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEWISH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEWISH worth?
- NEWISH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEWISH mean?
- Fairly recent in age or origin, though not quite brand new.
- What letters can be added to NEWISH?
- No single letter can be added to NEWISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NEWISH:
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