ZIT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ZIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZIT?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZIT is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZIT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ZIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does ZIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A spot on the skin, especially on the face.
Zit is American and arrived in the 1960s from nowhere anybody can trace, which is unusual for a word so common. It says nothing medical at all, and what makes it useful is that a zit belongs to the person who has one rather than to whoever is examining it.
How ZIT is used
Countable: a zit, two zits. Informal.
- A zit on the day of the photograph, of course.
- He counted three zits and stayed home.
- The word zit is the sufferer's word and not the doctor's.
- A zit that size cannot be hidden by anything.
- She had one zit and treated it as a catastrophe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZIT
The 3 tiles of ZIT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ZIT
10 longer words begin with ZIT.
Words ending in ZIT
3 words end in ZIT. Useful as a back hook: play ZIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZIT inside
20 words contain ZIT in the middle. Words that start with ZIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZIT
Common questions about ZIT
- Is ZIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZIT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZIT worth?
- ZIT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZIT mean?
- A spot on the skin, especially on the face.
- What letters can be added to ZIT?
- ZIT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ZIT:
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