Is IS a Scrabble word?
Yes. IS is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 2 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
Verb 1 meaning
Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
“There is three of them there.”
Etymology
From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”).
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IS at a glance
IS has 2 letters and scores 2 points in Scrabble (I 1 + S 1) and 2 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #8 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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