PAIS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PAIS 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PAIS?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAIS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAIS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PAIS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PAIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does PAIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalarchaic
In older legal usage, the country or neighbourhood generally, especially as the source from which a jury is drawn, rather than a matter recorded in a court document.
The word pais survives mainly inside the fixed legal phrase estoppel in pais. An admission made in pais is one made by conduct or word outside a formal court record. In this way pais marks the ordinary world of the country and its people, as opposed to the written record of a case.
How PAIS is used
Rare outside the fixed phrase "in pais" in legal writing; not used in everyday speech.
- The lawyer argued that the promise created an estoppel in pais.
- Older law books still speak of matter in pais rather than matter of record.
- The jury summoned from the pais represented the ordinary neighbourhood.
- His conduct in pais was treated as good as a written admission.
- The textbook explained the old distinction between record and pais.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAIS
The 4 tiles of PAIS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PAIS
11 longer words begin with PAIS.
Words ending in PAIS
2 words end in PAIS. Useful as a back hook: play PAIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAIS inside
2 words contain PAIS in the middle. Words that start with PAIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAIS
Common questions about PAIS
- Is PAIS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PAIS is not in it.
- How many points is PAIS worth?
- PAIS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAIS mean?
- In older legal usage, the country or neighbourhood generally, especially as the source from which a jury is drawn, rather than a matter recorded in a court document.
- What letters can be added to PAIS?
- PAIS takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PAIS:
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