PHISH is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 13 points
Yes for Scrabble. PHISH is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept PHISH?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHISH is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHISH
No single letter turns PHISH into another word.
How PHISH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PHISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does PHISH mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To send fraudulent messages that trick people into revealing passwords or other private information.
Phish plays on the older word fish, since a scammer sends out many identical messages and waits to see who takes the bait. Someone who tries to phish usually copies the look of a bank, delivery firm or well-known company so that the message feels routine rather than suspicious. The word spread quickly online during the 1990s alongside other hacking slang, and it is now standard in security guides and news reports about scams. Unlike ordinary spam, an attempt to phish specifically aims to extract a password, card number or other credential rather than just sell something.
How PHISH is used
Standard in technology and security writing, both as this verb and in the related noun phishing.
- Criminals used a fake delivery notice to phish for banking details.
- The email tried to phish employees by imitating the IT department.
- Security training teaches staff to recognise messages designed to phish them.
- Scammers phish thousands of addresses at once, hoping a few reply.
- A single careless click can let scammers phish real passwords.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHISH
6 longer words begin with PHISH.
Words ending in PHISH
3 words end in PHISH. Useful as a back hook: play PHISH onto a word already on the board.
Words with PHISH inside
2 words contain PHISH in the middle. Words that start with PHISH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PHISH
Common questions about PHISH
- Is PHISH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PHISH is not in it.
- How many points is PHISH worth?
- PHISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHISH mean?
- To send fraudulent messages that trick people into revealing passwords or other private information.
- What letters can be added to PHISH?
- No single letter can be added to PHISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PHISH:
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