WISP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WISP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WISP?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WISP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WISP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WISP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WISP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does WISP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small thin bunch or streak of something.
Wisp was a twisted handful of straw before it was anything faint, and that sense survives in stable work. The ghostly light in marshes carries the word in a fixed old phrase.
How WISP is used
Countable: a wisp, two wisps.
- A wisp of smoke and then nothing.
- The word wisp first meant a twisted handful of straw.
- Two wisps of hair escaping the pin.
- Stable work keeps the older sense of wisp.
- A marsh light is named with wisp in a fixed phrase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WISP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WISP
11 longer words begin with WISP.
Words with WISP inside
1 words contain WISP in the middle. Words that start with WISP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WISP
Common questions about WISP
- Is WISP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WISP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WISP worth?
- WISP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WISP mean?
- A small thin bunch or streak of something.
- What letters can be added to WISP?
- WISP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WISP:
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