VIS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. VIS 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 VIS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIS is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How VIS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does VIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
Force or power, in Latin phrases.
Vis appears in English inside legal and physical terms: vis major for an overwhelming force, and vis viva for the old name of what is now called kinetic energy. Both are quoted rather than used, and neither has an English equivalent of the same brevity.
How VIS is used
Only inside Latin phrases. Not used alone in English.
- The contract fails on vis major and nobody is at fault.
- Vis viva was the name before kinetic energy replaced it.
- A clause about vis major covers weather and war alike.
- The word vis never stands alone in an English sentence.
- Lawyers quote vis major and mean an act of God.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIS
Showing 24 of 192 words that begin with VIS.
Words ending in VIS
23 words end in VIS. Useful as a back hook: play VIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIS inside
Showing 24 of 628 words that contain VIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIS
Common questions about VIS
- Is VIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIS worth?
- VIS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIS mean?
- Force or power, in Latin phrases.
- What letters can be added to VIS?
- VIS takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VIS:
Open VIS in the Word Finder