SHVITZ is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. SHVITZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHVITZ?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHVITZ is to know. It scores 21 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHVITZ
No single letter turns SHVITZ into another word.
How SHVITZ scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHVITZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What stands out about SHVITZ
- SHVITZ gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- SHVITZ scores 21 points, more than twice the average for a 6-letter word (10.5).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHVITZ mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To sweat heavily, especially while sitting in a hot steam room or sauna.
The word comes from Yiddish and is often used playfully for sweating out tension or a heavy meal. As a noun it names the steam-bath session itself. The spelling schvitz is a common alternative to shvitz.
How SHVITZ is used
Used in casual speech about heat, saunas and nervous sweating.
- They liked to shvitz together every Sunday morning at the bathhouse.
- You will shvitz in this jacket if the room has no air.
- He went to the steam room to shvitz out the cold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHVITZ and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHVITZ
3 longer words begin with SHVITZ.
Shorter words from the letters in SHVITZ
Common questions about SHVITZ
- Is SHVITZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHVITZ, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHVITZ worth?
- SHVITZ is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHVITZ mean?
- To sweat heavily, especially while sitting in a hot steam room or sauna.
- What letters can be added to SHVITZ?
- No single letter can be added to SHVITZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHVITZ:
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