SHISH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SHISH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SHISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHISH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHISH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shishaChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SHISH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,394 thousand.
What does SHISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables threaded onto a skewer and grilled, as in shish kebab, or the skewer used for this.
The word shish came into English from Turkish, where it originally named the skewer itself rather than the food on it. Over time, menus in many countries began using shish on its own as shorthand for a whole dish of cubed, grilled ingredients, even when nobody mentions the skewer at all. Because the term passed through several cuisines on its way into English, spelling and the exact mix of ingredients vary from one restaurant to the next. Vegetarian versions often swap the meat for halloumi or firm vegetables while keeping the same skewered presentation.
How SHISH is used
Informal, used mainly in menus and everyday talk about grilled skewered food, most often as part of shish kebab.
- They ordered lamb shish with a side of flatbread and salad.
- The stall grilled chicken shish over hot coals until the edges caught a little char.
- She asked for a shish without onions, since she found them too strong.
- A good shish needs evenly sized cubes so nothing burns before the rest cooks through.
- He preferred beef shish to the chicken version his brother always ordered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHISH
2 longer words begin with SHISH.
Words ending in SHISH
6 words end in SHISH. Useful as a back hook: play SHISH onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHISH inside
13 words contain SHISH in the middle. Words that start with SHISH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHISH
Common questions about SHISH
- Is SHISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHISH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHISH worth?
- SHISH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHISH mean?
- Small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables threaded onto a skewer and grilled, as in shish kebab, or the skewer used for this.
- What letters can be added to SHISH?
- SHISH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHISH:
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