WIZ is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WIZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIZ?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIZ is to know. It scores 15 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIZ
Front hooks — 1
swizBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WIZ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WIZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What stands out about WIZ
- At 15 points, WIZ is among the ten highest-scoring 3-letter words we list.
- WIZ averages 5 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WIZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who is remarkably good at something.
Wiz is the shortened wizard with the magic taken out and the competence left in: a wiz at figures, a wiz with an engine. The spelling that ends in two letters is commoner in America and the shorter one in Britain, and neither suggests anything supernatural whatsoever.
How WIZ is used
Countable: a wiz, two wizzes. Usually followed by at or with.
- She is a wiz at anything with a number in it.
- The new man is a wiz with the old machines.
- A wiz at crosswords is not the same as a wiz at spelling.
- He was the office wiz until the software changed.
- Calling somebody a wiz is a compliment with a limit on it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIZ
21 longer words begin with WIZ.
Words ending in WIZ
1 words end in WIZ. Useful as a back hook: play WIZ onto a word already on the board.
Words with WIZ inside
14 words contain WIZ in the middle. Words that start with WIZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about WIZ
- Is WIZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIZ, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIZ worth?
- WIZ is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIZ mean?
- A person who is remarkably good at something.
- What letters can be added to WIZ?
- WIZ takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WIZ:
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