PISS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PISS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PISS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PISS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PISS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pissyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PISS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PISS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What stands out about PISS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PISS mean in Scrabble?
verb
offensive
To urinate — a coarse but entirely ordinary verb.
Piss was neutral English for centuries and appears in the older Bible translations without any comment at all; it slid down the register in the eighteenth century and has stayed there since. In Britain it is now met mostly in idiom rather than literally, and those phrases are far milder than the plain verb they are built on.
How PISS is used
Coarse in the literal sense. The idioms built on it are much milder and very common in Britain.
- The older translations print piss where modern ones find another word.
- Broadcasters allow piss after nine and the idioms at any hour.
- A usage note records that piss was neutral English until the 1700s.
- The editor left piss in the quotation and cut it from the headline.
- Taking the piss is understood in Britain and puzzles everybody else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PISS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PISS
The 4 tiles of PISS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PISS
18 longer words begin with PISS.
Words with PISS inside
10 words contain PISS in the middle. Words that start with PISS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PISS
Common questions about PISS
- Is PISS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PISS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PISS worth?
- PISS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PISS mean?
- To urinate — a coarse but entirely ordinary verb.
- What letters can be added to PISS?
- PISS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PISS:
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