What BISHOPS Means
BISHOPS is a form of BISHOP, which means:
- 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
- noun: port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BISHOPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 I1 S1 H4 O1 P3 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BISHOPS
87 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (6)
4 letter words (30)
BIOSBISHBOHSBOISBOPSBOSHBOSSHIPSHISSHOBSHOPSHOSSISOSOBISPHISPHOSPISHPISOPOISPOSHPOSSPSISSHIPSHOPSIBSSIPSSOBSSOHSSOPHSOPS
3 letter words (34)
BIOBISBOHBOIBOPBOSHIPHISHOBHOIHOPHOSIOSISHISOOBIOBSOHSOISOPSPHIPHOPISPOHPOIPOSPSISIBSIPSISSOBSOHSOPSOS
2 letter words (16)
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