Is TIGERISH a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TIGERISH is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TIGERISH mean?
- adjective
resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy
“a tigerish fury”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
12
Words With Friends
8
Letters
T (1) + I (1) + G (2) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) = 12 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for TIGERISH
TIGERISH has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of TIGERISH
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from TIGERISH
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- righties12
- resight11
- sighter11
- tigrish11
- eights10
- girths10
- griths10
- rights10
- sigher10
- reishi9
- theirs9
- eight9
- girsh9
- girth9
- grith9
- right9
- sight9
- heirs8
- heist8
- hires8
- ither8
- rishi8
- shier8
- shire8
- shirt8
- shite8
- their8
- ghis8
- sigh8
- tigers7
- eths7
- heir7
- hers7
- hest7
- hets7
- hies7
- hire7
- hist7
- hits7
- resh7
- shit7
- shri7
- sith7
- thir7
- this7
- ghi7
- girts6
- gites6
- grist6
- grits6
- tiger6
- trigs6
- eth6
- her6
- hes6
- het6
- hie6
- his6
- hit6
- she6
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