PHIZ is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PHIZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHIZ?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHIZ is to know. It scores 18 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHIZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phizzChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PHIZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PHIZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What stands out about PHIZ
- PHIZ scores 18 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHIZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
humorous
The face, in humorous or informal use.
Phiz is clipped from physiognomy and was common in the eighteenth century, when it counted as slang and was slightly rude. It survives in comic writing and in the name that one of Dickens's illustrators worked under.
How PHIZ is used
Countable: a phiz, two phizzes. Humorous.
- A phiz like that belongs in a cartoon.
- The word phiz is clipped from physiognomy.
- Dickens had an illustrator who signed himself with a phiz.
- Two phizzes in the same drawing and both of them the artist.
- Phiz was slang in 1750 and is comic writing now.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHIZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHIZ
5 longer words begin with PHIZ.
Words ending in PHIZ
1 words end in PHIZ. Useful as a back hook: play PHIZ onto a word already on the board.
Words with PHIZ inside
19 words contain PHIZ in the middle. Words that start with PHIZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PHIZ
Common questions about PHIZ
- Is PHIZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHIZ, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHIZ worth?
- PHIZ is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHIZ mean?
- The face, in humorous or informal use.
- What letters can be added to PHIZ?
- PHIZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PHIZ:
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