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/hɪz/
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Is HIS a Scrabble word?

Yes. HIS is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning Belonging to him.

Determiner 2 meanings

  1. Belonging to him.

  2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.

Pronoun 2 meanings

  1. That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

    “This pen is his. These books are also his.”

  2. His house or home.

    “After our night out, I went back to his.”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: his via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English hes, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

HIS at a glance

HIS has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + I 1 + S 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #34 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HIS

More endings

Same last three letters as HIS. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • THIS7
  • APHIS10
  • RACHIS11
  • CHIS9
  • RISHIS9
  • ORCHIS11
  • MARIACHIS16
  • ARACHIS12
  • PHIS9
  • SIDDHIS12
  • MOCHIS13
  • GHIS8

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