TALLISH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TALLISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TALLISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALLISH is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALLISH
No single letter turns TALLISH into another word.
How TALLISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TALLISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does TALLISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Fairly tall, but not very tall.
The ending -ish softens the claim, so a tallish person stands above average without towering. Speakers use it when they only remember a rough impression of height. It also fits trees, buildings and glasses.
How TALLISH is used
Tallish is a casual way to describe height when exactness does not matter.
- He was a tallish man with a stoop.
- A tallish hedge hid the neighbours' garden.
- She chose a tallish vase for the long flowers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALLISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TALLISH
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Common questions about TALLISH
- Is TALLISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALLISH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALLISH worth?
- TALLISH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALLISH mean?
- Fairly tall, but not very tall.
- What letters can be added to TALLISH?
- No single letter can be added to TALLISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TALLISH:
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