What HISSES Means
HISSES is a form of HISS, which means:
- verb: make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
- verb: move with a whooshing sound
- noun: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)“the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience”
- noun: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HISSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 I1 S1 S1 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In HISSES
28 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.
5 letter words (3)
4 letter words (9)
3 letter words (9)
2 letter words (7)
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