WIT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. WIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIT is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does WIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The ability to say clever and amusing things.
Wit meant the mind itself before it meant cleverness with words, and that older sense survives in being at your wits' end and in half-witted. The narrowing happened in the seventeenth century, when the quality became a social requirement.
How WIT is used
Uncountable for the quality; countable for a person who has it.
- His wit made him enemies faster than his opinions.
- She was at her wits' end by the second week.
- A wit in that circle was expected to earn the invitation.
- The word wit once meant the mind rather than the joke.
- Wit and cleverness are not the same and never were.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIT
Showing 24 of 156 words that begin with WIT.
Words ending in WIT
16 words end in WIT. Useful as a back hook: play WIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with WIT inside
Showing 24 of 192 words that contain WIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WIT
Common questions about WIT
- Is WIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIT worth?
- WIT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIT mean?
- The ability to say clever and amusing things.
- What letters can be added to WIT?
- WIT takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WIT:
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