SALLOWISH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SALLOWISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALLOWISH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALLOWISH is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALLOWISH
No single letter turns SALLOWISH into another word.
How SALLOWISH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SALLOWISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SALLOWISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SALLOWISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Somewhat yellowish or sickly pale in colour, usually of the skin.
Sallowish softens the harsher sallow, hinting at an unhealthy tint without being definite. Novelists apply it to faces, candlelit walls and tired complexions.
How SALLOWISH is used
Rare, used in descriptions of complexion and colour.
- His sallowish face looked tired in the lamplight.
- The paper had aged to a sallowish tone.
- She noticed a sallowish tint in the patient's skin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALLOWISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SALLOWISH
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Common questions about SALLOWISH
- Is SALLOWISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALLOWISH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALLOWISH worth?
- SALLOWISH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALLOWISH mean?
- Somewhat yellowish or sickly pale in colour, usually of the skin.
- What letters can be added to SALLOWISH?
- No single letter can be added to SALLOWISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SALLOWISH:
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