WHOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WHOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHOSIS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHOSIS is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHOSIS
No single letter turns WHOSIS into another word.
How WHOSIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does WHOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A thing or person whose name is forgotten, unknown or not worth saying.
Whosis is a casual stand-in that speakers use when the right name will not come, much like thingamajig or whatsit. It sounds like a shortened who is it, and it is usually used with a smile or a shrug. Because it points at nothing in particular, it can stand for a gadget, a small part, or a person the speaker cannot quite place.
How WHOSIS is used
Informal and chatty; unsuitable for careful writing.
- Hand me that whosis on the shelf.
- I met old whosis from the bank yesterday.
- The machine needs a new whosis before it will run.
- She called the gadget a whosis because she had forgotten its name.
- Is the whosis meant to rattle like that?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHOSIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHOSIS
1 longer words begin with WHOSIS.
Shorter words from the letters in WHOSIS
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Common questions about WHOSIS
- Is WHOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHOSIS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHOSIS worth?
- WHOSIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHOSIS mean?
- A thing or person whose name is forgotten, unknown or not worth saying.
- What letters can be added to WHOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to WHOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHOSIS:
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