NOIRISH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NOIRISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOIRISH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOIRISH is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOIRISH
No single letter turns NOIRISH into another word.
How NOIRISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NOIRISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does NOIRISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having the dark, moody and cynical character of film noir.
Something noirish carries shadows, rainy streets and a weary detective, even if it is not strictly a noir film. Reviewers use noirish to praise or tag an atmosphere. The suffix -ish makes it a loose label rather than a technical genre term.
How NOIRISH is used
Noirish is common in reviews of films, novels and games.
- The novel has a noirish mood of smoke and secrets.
- Critics praised the noirish lighting of the film.
- Her noirish tale begins in a rainy city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOIRISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOIRISH
The 7 tiles of NOIRISH in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NOIRISH
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Common questions about NOIRISH
- Is NOIRISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOIRISH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOIRISH worth?
- NOIRISH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOIRISH mean?
- Having the dark, moody and cynical character of film noir.
- What letters can be added to NOIRISH?
- No single letter can be added to NOIRISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NOIRISH:
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