Is SHIMS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIMS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SHIMS worth?

SHIMS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SHIMS?

No single letter can be added to SHIMS to make another word.

SHIMS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points

Yes. SHIMS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

s1h4i1m3s1

PlayableSHIMS · 5 letters · 10 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

10points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

5letters

0hooks available

1 in 348,553odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SHIMS?

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: 28 / 100

28WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.2%

Our own measure of how useful SHIMS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SHIMS

No single letter turns SHIMS into another word.

How SHIMS scores

Scrabble s1h4i1m3s1 10

Words with Friends s1h3i1m4s1 10

Face value of the 5 tiles in SHIMS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
h	1	2
i	1	9
m	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.

What stands out about SHIMS

SHIMS begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words ending in SHIMS

pashims14 shloshims17

2 words end in SHIMS. Useful as a back hook: play SHIMS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in SHIMS

hims9 shim9 hiss7 isms6 miss6 sims6 him8 his6 ish6 shi6 ism5 mis5 sim5 sis3 hm7 hi5 sh5 mi4 is2 si2

Common questions about SHIMS

Is SHIMS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIMS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SHIMS worth?: SHIMS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SHIMS?: No single letter can be added to SHIMS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHIMS:

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