WHIST is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WHIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHIST?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIST is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHIST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about WHIST
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 WHIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A card game for four players in two partnerships, played with a standard deck, in which the aim is to win tricks by playing the highest card of the suit led or a trump card.
Whist was one of the most popular card games in Britain and America before bridge developed from it in the twentieth century, and many bridge rules, such as following suit and trumping, come directly from whist. The game needs no bidding, which makes it simpler to learn than bridge while still rewarding careful memory and strategy. Whist drives, social evenings built around several rounds of the game, remain a familiar tradition in some community halls. The word whist is also an old interjection meaning hush, though that use is now rare.
How WHIST is used
Refers to the traditional card game and to organized social gatherings, called whist drives, built around it.
- They spent the evening playing whist with two other couples.
- The village hall holds a whist drive every Thursday night.
- Learning whist made it much easier to understand the rules of bridge.
- Her grandmother still keeps a well-worn deck for whist.
- Four players are needed to make up a proper game of whist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WHIST
The 5 tiles of WHIST in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with WHIST
16 longer words begin with WHIST.
Words with WHIST inside
3 words contain WHIST in the middle. Words that start with WHIST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIST
Common questions about WHIST
- Is WHIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHIST, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHIST worth?
- WHIST is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIST mean?
- A card game for four players in two partnerships, played with a standard deck, in which the aim is to win tricks by playing the highest card of the suit led or a trump card.
- What letters can be added to WHIST?
- WHIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHIST:
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