What LIS Means
LIS is a form of LI, which means:
- noun: Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
- adjective: being one more than fifty
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 I1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In LIS
3 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.
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing LIS
LIS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ABOLISHABOLISHEDABOLISHERABOLISHERSABOLISHESABOLISHINGACCOMPLISHACROPOLISACTUALISEACTUALISEDACTUALISESACTUALISTACTUALISTSAERIALISTAERIALISTSAEROSOLISEAIOLISALCOHOLISEALCOHOLISMALISMAALISMASALISONALISONSALISTALKALISALKALISEALKALISEDALKALISERALKALISERSALKALISESALKALISINGALLELISMALLELISMSALLISALLISESAMARYLLISAMORALISMAMORALISMSAMORALISTAMORALISTS
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