Is BISHOP a word?
BISHOP is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 51 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BISHOP is a valid word.
What does bishop mean?
noun: a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BISHOP: word details
- Pronunciation: BIH-shuhp (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside bishop
Words you can make from the letters of bishop.
Solve a whole rack, not just BISHOP
BISHOP is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BISHOP mean?
BISHOP is a noun. It means: a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ.
Is BISHOP a valid word?
Yes, BISHOP is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.