SIM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about SIM
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SIM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A simulation, especially a computer game that models something real.
Sim started as laboratory shorthand for simulation and moved into ordinary speech with flight sims, then with the life-simulation games of the 1990s. The word now implies a game judged by how faithfully it copies the real thing rather than by how exciting it is — which is exactly the argument players of them enjoy having.
How SIM is used
Countable: a sim, two sims. Often attributive — sim racing, a sim rig.
- He flies a sim three nights a week and has never been in a cockpit.
- The new sim models weather badly but traffic beautifully.
- Half the fun of a sim is arguing about what it gets wrong.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see SIM
- A SIM card takes its name from an unrelated phrase, subscriber identity module, and is normally written in capitals.
Anagrams of SIM
The 3 tiles of SIM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SIM
Showing 24 of 188 words that begin with SIM.
Words ending in SIM
9 words end in SIM. Useful as a back hook: play SIM onto a word already on the board.
Words with SIM inside
Showing 24 of 249 words that contain SIM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SIM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SIM
Common questions about SIM
- Is SIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIM, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIM worth?
- SIM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIM mean?
- A simulation, especially a computer game that models something real.
- What letters can be added to SIM?
- SIM takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SIM:
Open SIM in the Word Finder