PRISM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PRISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRISM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRISM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRISM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRISM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PRISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does PRISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A solid transparent object, typically with triangular ends, that separates white light into a spectrum of colors through refraction, or more generally any solid figure with two parallel, identical ends joined by flat sides.
A prism bends different wavelengths of light by different amounts as the light passes through, which spreads white light out into the familiar band of colors seen in a rainbow. Physicists use a prism to study how light behaves, while photographers and artists sometimes exploit the same effect for dramatic images full of scattered color. In geometry, the word covers a broader family of shapes: any solid whose two ends are identical, parallel polygons connected by flat parallelogram sides counts as a prism, whether or not it has anything to do with light.
How PRISM is used
Prism is used both in physics and optics for light-splitting glass and in geometry for a broad class of solid shapes.
- Sunlight passing through the prism scattered into a rainbow on the wall.
- The physics teacher used a glass prism to demonstrate refraction.
- A triangular prism has two parallel triangular ends.
- Photographers sometimes hold a small prism in front of the lens for effect.
- Engineers calculated the volume of the hexagonal prism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRISM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRISM
The 5 tiles of PRISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PRISM
11 longer words begin with PRISM.
Words ending in PRISM
6 words end in PRISM. Useful as a back hook: play PRISM onto a word already on the board.
Words with PRISM inside
6 words contain PRISM in the middle. Words that start with PRISM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PRISM
Common questions about PRISM
- Is PRISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRISM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRISM worth?
- PRISM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRISM mean?
- A solid transparent object, typically with triangular ends, that separates white light into a spectrum of colors through refraction, or more generally any solid figure with two parallel, identical ends joined by flat sides.
- What letters can be added to PRISM?
- PRISM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PRISM:
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