SMIT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SMIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMIT?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMIT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SMIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about SMIT
- The same 4 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 SMIT mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsarchaic
To infect, stain, or taint something, especially through direct contact.
In older and Scots usage, a person or object could smit another with disease or dirt simply by touching it, so that the taint passed from one thing to the next. The word also survives as an archaic past form of smite.
How SMIT is used
Archaic and Scots; met mainly in older texts and regional speech rather than modern standard English.
- They feared the illness would smit the whole household.
- Old tales warn that touching the cursed ring will smit the wearer.
- The dye was strong enough to smit anything it touched.
- Villagers avoided the well lest it smit the water supply.
- The chronicle says the plague did smit both rich and poor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMIT
The 4 tiles of SMIT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SMIT
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with SMIT.
Words ending in SMIT
2 words end in SMIT. Useful as a back hook: play SMIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with SMIT inside
Showing 24 of 70 words that contain SMIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SMIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SMIT
Common questions about SMIT
- Is SMIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMIT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMIT worth?
- SMIT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMIT mean?
- To infect, stain, or taint something, especially through direct contact.
- What letters can be added to SMIT?
- SMIT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SMIT:
Open SMIT in the Word Finder