SWISS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SWISS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWISS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWISS is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWISS
No single letter turns SWISS into another word.
How SWISS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWISS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What stands out about SWISS
- SWISS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SWISS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Used before a noun to name a particular food, tool, or fabric recognized under this label, such as swiss cheese, swiss roll, or swiss army knife, rather than to state that something comes from Switzerland.
Swiss cheese refers to any pale cheese riddled with large holes, whether or not it was actually made in Switzerland, much as french fries need not come from France. A swiss roll is a soft sponge cake spread with jam or cream and rolled into a spiral, a shape recognized by that name well beyond Europe. A swiss army knife likewise names a foldable pocket knife with several small tools, a design copied and sold worldwide under the same term. In each case swiss identifies a familiar type of object rather than pointing to its actual country of origin.
How SWISS is used
Common only as part of fixed phrases naming particular foods or objects; rarely stands alone with this generalized meaning.
- He packed a sandwich with swiss cheese and ham.
- Her grandmother baked a swiss roll for the party every Christmas.
- The camper kept a swiss army knife clipped to his belt.
- The deli counter offered three kinds of swiss cheese.
- A slice of swiss roll sat on every plate at the tea party.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWISS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SWISS
3 longer words begin with SWISS.
Shorter words from the letters in SWISS
Common questions about SWISS
- Is SWISS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWISS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWISS worth?
- SWISS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWISS mean?
- Used before a noun to name a particular food, tool, or fabric recognized under this label, such as swiss cheese, swiss roll, or swiss army knife, rather than to state that something comes from Switzerland.
- What letters can be added to SWISS?
- No single letter can be added to SWISS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWISS:
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