WHISS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. WHISS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WHISS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHISS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHISS
No single letter turns WHISS into another word.
How WHISS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHISS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does WHISS mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To hiss or whistle.
Whiss is an old dialect verb for a sharp hissing or whistling sound, close in sense to hiss but rarer in print. It turns up in regional glossaries rather than in everyday modern writing, describing wind, steam or a sudden rush of air rather than a person or an animal.
How WHISS is used
Rare and regional; met chiefly in older dialect word lists.
- The kettle began to whiss as the water came to the boil.
- Wind seemed to whiss through the gap under the door.
- A jet of steam would whiss out whenever the valve opened.
- Old glossaries record whiss beside several other hissing words.
- The reeds whiss softly whenever the wind crosses the marsh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHISS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WHISS
The 5 tiles of WHISS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WHISS
3 longer words begin with WHISS.
Shorter words from the letters in WHISS
Common questions about WHISS
- Is WHISS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WHISS is not in it.
- How many points is WHISS worth?
- WHISS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHISS mean?
- To hiss or whistle.
- What letters can be added to WHISS?
- No single letter can be added to WHISS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHISS:
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