WHIZ is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. WHIZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHIZ?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIZ is to know. It scores 19 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whizzChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WHIZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WHIZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What stands out about WHIZ
- WHIZ scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHIZ mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move quickly with a hissing sound.
Whiz is built from the sound and doubles as a noun for somebody very good at something, which is American and twentieth-century. The spelling whizz is British, and both are perfectly correct.
How WHIZ is used
Whizzed, whizzing. Also spelled whizz.
- The whole morning whizzed past and nothing was done.
- A whiz at figures and useless with people.
- The word whiz imitates the sound of something passing.
- Two spellings, whiz and whizz, are both correct.
- Something whizzed past the window and was not identified.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHIZ
16 longer words begin with WHIZ.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIZ
Common questions about WHIZ
- Is WHIZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHIZ, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHIZ worth?
- WHIZ is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIZ mean?
- To move quickly with a hissing sound.
- What letters can be added to WHIZ?
- WHIZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WHIZ:
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